Liverpool 'make Milos Kerkez move' after Jeremie Frimpong deal as Rayan Cherki boost revealed | OneFootball

Premier League champions are not wasting any time ahead of the first instalment of a split summer transfer window

Liverpool look to be continuing their early summer transfer push with a move for Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez, while Rayan Cherki has also put a host of Premier League suitors on alert.

Liverpool look set to trigger Frimpong’s £29.5million release clause at the BayArena, with the Dutch international having reportedly arrived on Sunday in order to complete a medical.

Deal close: Jeremie Frimpong is believed to have undergone a medical at Liverpool on Sunday

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They have also been linked with his Leverkusen team-mate Florian Wirtz, a top target for Bayern Munich whose parents are believed to have held talks with Manchester City on a surprise visit to the UK last week.

In addition to lining up the versatile Frimpong, who can also operate further forward, the Premier League champions also announced over the weekend a new four-year contract for Alexander-Arnold’s popular right-back understudy Conor Bradley.

Now Liverpool look to be addressing the other side of their defence, with Fabrizio Romano reporting on Monday that they have made contact with Bournemouth and are in the process of negotiating a fee for Kerkez, who is also said to be close to agreeing personal terms.

The Hungarian - who would join international team-mate Dominik Szoboszlai at Liverpool - has been linked with a switch to Merseyside for several months now after shining over two seasons in English football since arriving from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar in the summer of 2023.

Andy Robertson has been a stalwart for Liverpool at left-back in recent years, though manager Arne Slot looks keen to get his long-term successor in place with back-up Kostas Tsimikas subject to transfer speculation himself at the moment.

Reports state that Bournemouth will demand a fee of around £45m for Kerkez, under contract on the south coast until the summer of 2028, having on Saturday seen fellow highly-rated defender Dean Huijsen’s £50m switch from the Vitality Stadium to Real Madrid completed.

Liverpool will already see Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili arrive from Valencia this summer as part of a £25m deal agreed with Valencia last summer, while Slot is also likely to want additions further up the pitch.

The Reds have frequently been linked in recent windows with Rayan Cherki, the 21-year-old French attacking midfielder who appears to have confirmed that he will likely be leaving Lyon this summer.

“Thanks to OL, the coach, the staff, the president, my team-mates and all people at the club,” he was reported as saying after Lyon ended the Ligue 1 season in sixth place with a 2-0 home win over Angers on Saturday.

Cherki has also been linked with a host of other clubs including Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham, with French media claiming that he has a gentleman’s agreement with Lyon that will see him allowed to depart this summer with one year left on his contract if any club meets their £18.9m asking price.

He scored 12 goals and registered 20 assists in 44 total appearances for Lyon across all competitions this season, part of the team beaten by Manchester United in an epic Europa League quarter-final tie and scoring in both legs.