 | Liverpool agrees to take $70M transfer hit to continue Arne Slot rebuild |
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But the next deal to be confirmed is likely to be the sale of Jarell Quansah. Jarell Quansah is heading to Bayer Leverkusen. Including add-ons, Liverpool is expected to net around $46 million (£34 million) for Quansah.
It's far from cheap, but with a premium of potentially less than $25 million on the initial sale price, it's highly reasonable.
After all, if Quansah reaches a level where Liverpool is keen to get him back, he will certainly be a $70 million defender
But that gives all parties a reasonable amount of time to take stock.
If in two years, Liverpool can clearly see that it was wrong, then it will happily take a $70 million hit
In the meantime, the Slot rebuild can continue at breakneck speed.
Obviously, Liverpool does not strictly expect to activate the clause — if it was that certain Quansah would one day be a world-beater, it would have only sanctioned a loan
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