Liverpool transfer news: Drama as €22.5m deal COLLAPSES on deadline day
Liverpool have watched one target's deal collapse elsewhere on a dramatic deadline day.
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Liverpool haven't been the busiest on transfer deadline day and it's fair to say at this point that no one will be arriving. The Reds haven't been linked with anyone to any strong degree and few will be surprised to see the deadline arrive with no arrivals.
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After all, Liverpool are at the top of the Premier League. They finished top of the UEFA Champions League league phase, too.
Instead, all the focus is on outgoings and we do believe that a few could happen. You can find a little list of them here.
So for arrivals, Liverpool will have been working on the summer. That could be a massive one as a whole host of Reds are viably leaving the club once the season is done.
They'll be looking at all sorts of players, in other words, and one target who was thought to have been off the table is now back on it. All thanks to some deadline day drama.
Ryan Cherki deal collapses
Lyon playmaker Ryan Cherki was supposed to complete a move to Borussia Dortmund this week. That was to bring an end to the long, long saga over his future.
That's a saga that has included reports of Liverpool interest. But a €22.5m deal with Dortmund was agreed verbally and all was good to go.
Until it wasn't.
Cherki had an agreement with Lyon to leave in January for €22.5m. That was a little deal done back in September, per Patrick Berger of Sky Germany.
Dortmund offered it and Cherki was ready to go. Lyon's owner John Textor, however, reneged on the deal and simply cancelled it.
He won't allow Cherki to move for that amount anymore and now the player is stuck. Of course, this is good news for Liverpool if they do plan on moving for the 21-year-old in the summer.
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Time will tell on that one. For now, Cherki remains in Lyon.
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