Jacquet a doubt for Man City
Jeremy Jacquet is a fitness worry for Sunday's visit of Manchester City. He missed France's win over Belgium with a hamstring injury (1). Liverpool have two options ready to cover him if he does not make it (1).
Mac Allister leaves the door open
Alexis Mac Allister is not ruling anything out. His contract runs to 2028 and Real Madrid keep getting mentioned (4).
"Il n'y a pas encore de décision définitive gravée dans le marbre. La réalité, c'est que j'ai encore deux ans de contrat. Je vais donner le meilleur de moi-même. Il me reste deux ans, et beaucoup de choses peuvent se passer en deux ans, il y a plein de possibilités" (4).
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Two years is a long time in football, and he knows it.
Wirtz: Bayern interest, no sale
Florian Wirtz is tempted by a return to the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (6). Liverpool have no intention of selling him this winter (6).
Elsewhere, any move for his attacking-midfield heir would take a "substantial" bid, and PSG are in that race too (11).
Van Dijk on Galatasaray's list
Galatasaray have turned to Virgil van Dijk for a mid-season centre-back signing (8). The İlkay Gündoğan factor is part of their thinking (8).
The Quansah buy-back clock
Liverpool hold a £59.5m buy-back option for Jarell Quansah, and it expires on 15 June 2027 (9). They are watching his Bayer Leverkusen games but are not treating a return as a priority (9).
A £151m double swoop, and other names on the radar
Liverpool are being linked with a Premier League double swoop that could cost $151 million (2). Bournemouth's Alex Scott is on the watchlist at €90M, with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham all circling (7).
Barcelona's Alejandro Balde is another full-back name, with Chelsea and AC Milan interested (10). And Tzolakis is on the goalkeeper shortlist (12).
Olise, and an early call on a young Red
Michael Olise's contract demand has caused a stir, while Liverpool have made an early transfer call on one of their young players (3).
Fan reactions
The talk on the subreddit is Gilberto Mora: reports say Liverpool have made a record offer for the Tijuana teenager, and fans are already worrying about Arsenal preparing an "aggressive" move to beat them to him.
Between the transfer nerves, the mood stays nostalgic, with a thread on John Arne Riise's penalty in Istanbul and another on Virgil van Dijk's special memories. Mora thread.
