“Done and completed” – Liverpool complete second summer transfer

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August 10th 2026, 15:30 Ronald Araujo is officially a Liverpool player.Fabrizio Romano confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that the Uruguayan has “signed his Liverpool contract”.The Barcelona centre-back signs on a season-long loan, which reportedly contains a £47.2m option (rather than obligation) to buy.Liverpool get Ronald Araujo over the lineWe’re reluctant to give the powers that be at Liverpool too much praise for getting this short-term fix over the line when there’s been so much time in the window to address a clear issue. Ronald Araujo has signed his Liverpool contract.

Done and completed. 🔴🔐 https://t.co/2gFhkcbktg — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 10, 2026That said, as far as short-term fixes are concerned, it’s difficult to suggest the Reds could have snapped up anyone better on such short notice.Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustThat’s not to say we don’t have our concerns, by the way – chief of all, perhaps, being Araujo’s injury record at Barcelona.But it’s a signing, more or less for free, that covers us centrally and at right-back.

Of course, we’re still of the mind we’d like to see another body in the backline, particularly at right-back, to ensure we’re not left short if Jeremie Frimpong were to pick up an issue in the first half of the 2026/27 campaign.How many transfers have Liverpool completed this summer?Technically speaking, this is Liverpool’s third arrival this summer after Jeremy Jacquet (Stade Rennes) and Victor Munoz (Osasuna).However, with the French international having agreed a deal back in the January window, this is really our second official summer deal in what has been a mostly quiet window thus far.