Liverpool transfer news as Adam Wharton claim emerges amid $27M release clause 'boost'

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Liverpool FC NewsTransfer NewsLiverpool FCLiverpool transfer news as a fresh claim about Adam Wharton claim emerges and another potential option for Andoni Iraola is said to have a $27 million release clauseCrystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton.(Image: Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images)With the World Cup edging closer to a conclusion and the start of the new era under Andoni Iraola therefore almost upon us, there is still plenty of work for Liverpool to do in the transfer market.Publicly at least, things have gone a little quieter of late. Liverpool still requires another forward, at least, though, and there might be other requirements depending on who leaves.

Curtis Jones is one of those who has interest from elsewhere, though nothing has moved forward on that front yet.Here is the Liverpool.com verdict on the transfer gossip to emerge around the Reds today. So far, Wharton has not gone anywhere even though the Crystal Palace man remains highly rated.Harvey Elliott has been put forward as a possible makeweight for Wharton in the last 24 hours or so with his future at Anfield up in the air, while Football Insider has claimed that the Reds have moved on to other targets in the center of the field.Adam Wharton has been linked with a transfer to Liverpool(Image: (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images))Wharton could stay at Selhurst Park for another year, but anything beyond that feels unrealistic.

Quite simply, he is good enough to be playing at a higher level.Liverpool.com says: If someone leaves then Liverpool will need another body in midfield. Someone will take a chance on Mora and he appears to be heading for the top.Choose Liverpool.com as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCTransfersCrystal Palace FC