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Liverpool will need to sell players this summer and some big names could look for ventures outside of England.
The Reds never seem far away from the headlines as of late and their manic summer is nowhere near the end just yet.
Arne Slot has even more options for next season and will be desperate to assess them all during their pre-season tour of Asia, although he will have a very hard job of trying to trim down the squad.
Some players are still keen to impress while others may have run their course, with Jarell Quansah being one of these after agreeing a move to Bayer Leverkusen.
The German club are in need of reinforcements next season after losing a number of their key players and they have looked to Liverpool for one so far, although they could still go back in for another that would make a lot of sense.
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Florian Wirtz is finally a Liverpool player and both clubs got a good deal out of it, although Leverkusen will now need to spend some of that £116m to replace the 22-year-old.
However, despite Leverkusen not wanting Harvey Elliott as part of a Wirtz swap deal, they may rethink this decision now they have signed Quansah.
Not only will the duo be able to help each other get used to their new surroundings, but both have proven their quality at the current Under 21 European Championships, especially Elliott.
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The midfielder has shone at the tournament so far and scored two goals, including one against Spain in the knockout stages where Bayer Leverkusen’s sporting director Simon Rolfes was there to see it.
Although Rolfes was likely there to solely watch Quansah, Elliott’s impressive performance might have just caught his eye, especially as he would only take roughly £40m away from the money they received for Wirtz.
Elliott has proven in the past that when he gets a chance he usually takes it, and Leverkusen might offer him just that, although he may need Quansah to put in a good word for him to try and make them rethink their decision.
There is no doubting that Elliott has the talent to make it at the top level, he just needs the game time to prove it.
This is something the Bundesliga has offered to young English players in the past and almost all have worked, with this one, arguably, the least risky move of them all.
Jude Bellingham, Jadon Sancho and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens are just some of the players who made a name for themselves in this league, suggesting that Elliott, who has been labelled as a ‘special talent’ in the past, would also excel.
Either way, the Englishman will likely move if someone pays around the price Liverpool would hope for as the club know he is desperate to play more regularly, and the Bundesliga can offer him just that.
Factoring that Quansah has taken the risk and moved there too, then Elliott’s next move might be more obvious than ever before.
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