'I have seen the transfer rumors about Joe Gomez - he is going nowhere'

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Speculation linking Joe Gomez with a Liverpool exit never seems to be too far away, and he is once again being touted for a move to AC Milan. There was a possibility that Gomez could leave for the San Siro on deadline day four weeks ago, but the uncertainty around and eventual breakdown of Marc Guehi's move to Anfield put paid to that transfer, and Gomez stayed put once again.

Gomez has made just two substitute appearances in six Premier League games so far this season, but he is simply unsellable after Giovanni Leoni sustained a serious knee injury last week. Leoni's long-term absence leaves Liverpool with just Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, and Gomez as center-back options; even if Leoni hadn't picked up his injury, the Reds still wouldn't have allowed Gomez to leave — just as they didn't allow him to leave on deadline day because they didn't want to risk going into the season with just three center-backs.

It's daft to speculate that Slot could let Gomez depart and leave himself with just Van Dijk and Konate as his two center-backs for the second half of the season. Giovanni Leoni is set for a year out (Image: Getty Images) "We have some examples of that with Virgil [van Dijk] and Joe [Gomez], and there are a lot of examples all around the world," Slot said last week.