Liverpool £30m sale 'agreed in principle' with star's 'decision' not made amid Bayer Leverkusen interest
Brentford are ensconced to taken off behind Bundesliga winners Bayer Leverkusen in the race for Liverpool boy Sepp van den Berg, according to reports.
Liverpool signed Van den Berg, 22, from Dutch side PEC Zwolle for around £1.5million in July 2019.
Bonus transactions under Jurgen Klopp were rare for the young centre-endorse, that possesses gained a grand whole of 4 aesthetic attractions for the Premier League titans.
He showed up multiple times during Arne Slot’s maiden pre-season, but the Reds have always been gazing to sell this summer season.
Slot’s side have reportedly put a £20m enquiring price on Van den Berg, that gained a fertile loan spell at Mainz last term after openings at Preston North End and Schalke.
With Van den Berg – the brother of Middlesbrough protector Rav – under agreement until 2026, Liverpool are super eager to sell this month and it aesthetic attractions favor a job to Brentford could come to fruition, for peripheral than the £20m originally demanded.
Liverpool, Brentford affect £30m transmit arrangement for £1.5m Klopp settling
According to Firmament Sporting openings, a bargain possesses been ‘concurred in precept’ in between the 2 Premier League clubs.
The report says that German winners Bayer Leverkusen are equally keen on settling Van den Berg, via ‘the choice currently down to the player’.
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Brentford will supposedly commission an unforgettable £25m plus £5m in contain-ons for the 22-year-archaic. Liverpool truly are maestros as rapidly as it comes to advertising gamers. Michael Edwards, you are a joke. A joke!
It is asserted that Leverkusen are ‘eager to agree to this bargain’ as seamlessly but must sell a centre-endorse first.
Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah and Odilon Kossounou have all been fastened via leaves this summer season, and if Xabi Alonso truly desires Van den Berg, one will have to go.
Newcastle United have been fastened via Tapsoba in current weeks but the Burkina Faso centre-endorse is reportedly an all all-natural to Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi.
If Van den Berg indicators upward via Brentford, he will be the 2nd Liverpool player to join the Bees this summer season after Fabio Carvalho gained the £27.5m job previously this month – a transmit almost as senseless as Van den Berg’s proposed job.
Incidentally, Liverpool host Thomas Frank’s side in the Premier League this weekend break, via the Firmament Sporting openings report adding that Aston Suite target Joe Gomez could center after absent out against Ipswich District last Saturday.
Liverpool sell 19-year-archaic for £10m
Van den Berg should note Bobby Clark out of Anfield. The 19-year-archaic possesses completed a transmit to Red Bull Salzburg, currently pilfered care of by Klopp’s previous assistant Pep Lijnders.
Clark signed upward via Liverpool from Newcastle in 2021 and showed up 14 times for the Reds’ first crew, including against Chelsea in last season’s Carabao Cup last triumph.
“After an unforgettable three years at Liverpool FC, I’ve desperate it’s time for a contemporary predicament,” Clark said in a social media short post.
“I’ve learned so much during my time at the bar and [I] am super contented for the avenues and puzzles I’ve owned. Supply numerous thanks to you to all the devotees that shown me on this expedition.”
