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Florian Wirtz reportedly remains of interest to Real Madrid despite Bayer Leverkusen being in negotiations with Liverpool over a move(Image: Getty Images)

The summer transfer window is now just four days away from opening for the first of two times this year.

Sunday is when the market will be open for all of ten days.

The window will then close again for a week until June 16, when it re-opens and runs through to deadline day on September 1.

The stop-start nature of this summer is due to the Club World Cup.

Despite their lack of involvement in the expanded tournament, it appears Liverpool will make the most of this exceptional registration period.

Here is a round-up of the latest transfer news:

The Reds will reportedly receive an update on Hugo Ekitike over the coming days about the conditions necessary to sign the Eintracht Frankfurt striker.

GIVEMESPORT claims it will cost the club circa £84 million, with the Bundesliga side said to be confident a team will meet their asking price rather than having to lower their demands.

Liverpool are reputedly behind Chelsea among potential suitors after purportedly only showing tentative interest that is not as strong as the Blues.

Arsenal are also said to have shown interest in the France under-21 international amid their apparent focus on Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokeres.

Real Madrid reportedly still believe they have a chance of signing Florian Wirtz ahead of the Reds., with reports saying the club 'hasn't lost hope' of securing a deal.

AS claims the Spanish club are not "throwing in the towel" despite Liverpool's advantageous position, highlighting new head coach Xabi Alonso's experience of working with Wirtz at Bayer Leverkusen being a different card Madrid has to play.

They acknowledge that "the final word has yet to be said" underneath the headline "Wirtz is not impossible".

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Their stance is reputedly that there is a possibility and a game to play as long as the signing is still not finalised.

As for Leverkusen, they gave the latest on their star player earlier this week, with managing director Simon Rolfes saying at a press conference: "It's currently an open subject with Florian.

"There is concrete interest from Liverpool, but there’s no more to say right now.

Florian is our player."


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