This one has come out of nowhere but apparently a bid is in with Real to the tune of £16m for Spanish midfielder Asier Illarramendi.
Few rumours flying around:
- Kovacic offer is on the table with Inter who need to sell someone to fund another purchase. Whether they will sell him though is open to debate. Inter are also holding off to see if any other offers come in for him but they do risk losing the sale if LFC think they are dragging their heels and decide to look elsewhere.
- Rumours for Illarramendi seem to be 1+1=3 - Real are simply making it clear he's available for sale so he'll now be linked with every other team in Europe.
- City have come back with a final $45m offer - ball is in Liverpool's court.
- Konoplyanka could be back on the card. He's now on a free and LFC spent significant time in the last two transfer windows chasing him.
- LFC is one of the clubs, along with MUFC that Firmino's reps have been talking to. A long shot but nice to see agents want to talk to us.