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Liverpool transfer news LIVE: Bradley Barcola latest, Yan Diomande race, PSG star 'offered' to Reds

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(Image: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista, Getty Images)Hello, and welcome to the Liverpool ECHO's transfer blog.It's been a big week for the Reds. Contact was said to have been made over Monaco star Maghnes Akliouche, although we understand that move isn't going any further while Bradley Barcola continues to be linked with a switch to Anfield.Stick with us for all the latest Liverpool news, rumours and gossip.Today08:55 BST Josh Sonni-Lambie is ready to goTeenage Liverpool striker Josh Sonni-Lambie is relishing the prospect of making his senior debut on the club's tour of the US - and revealed his reaction to finding out he was making the trip.The Reds play their first of three matches Stateside on Saturday when they take on Premier League rivals Sunderland at Geodis Park in Nashville (11pm kick-off UK time).And Sonni-Lambie could be involved after he was one of a number of academy players called up by new head coach Andoni Iraola for the journey Stateside“It’d just be amazing just to play for this club,” he said.



And I can’t wait.”READ THE FULL STORY HERE.Josh Sonni-Lambie has been in good form for Liverpool U18s lately.(Image: Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Today08:27 BSTArsenal join Yan Diomande raceAccording to talkSPORT, Arsenal are the latest club to have contacted RB Leipzig about a move for Yan Diomande.The Gunners are said to be assessing whether they can enter the race for the Ivory Coast star.Liverpool made a move for the 19-year-old earlier in the window, but it's believed that PSG remain his preferred destination, while the German club are hoping he will stay in the Bundesliga for another season.Yan Diomande has been linked with a move to Liverpool.(Image: ANP, ANP via Getty Images)Today07:55 BSTLiverpool 'target' off to Saudi ArabiaWest Ham star Crysencio Summerville has completed his transfer to Al-Hilal, according to The Athletic.The winger had been linked as a potential option as the Reds continue their search for a new right-sided attacker to replace Mohamed Salah, but he is now set to swap East London for Saudi Arabia.Al Hilal have reportedly reached an agreement to sign Crysencio Summerville.(Image: Getty Images)Today07:46 BST Maghnes Akliouche latestMidweek, Liverpool were linked with a swoop for Maghnes Akliouche after it was reported the Reds had made contact. Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has insisted that Akliouche will most certainly become a PSG player "barring any surprises".There is still no full agreement between PSG and Monaco for the 24-year-old, and the European champions have had several bids turned down, but this one just feels like a matter of when, not if.Maghnes Akliouche of France and Monaco(Image: Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Today07:38 BSTLiverpool 'offered' PSG defenderIllia Zabarnyi has reportedly been offered to Liverpool, according to talkSPORTThe PSG defender is being linked with an exit from the European champions, just a year after making a £57million move from Bournemouth.Zabarnyi played under Andoni Iraola on the South Coast and the new Liverpool head coach is said to be an admirer, along with sporting director Richard Hughes.Illia Zabarnyi in action for PSG(Image: Getty Images)Today07:32 BSTBradley Barcola updateItalian football journalist Gianluca Di Marzio thinks PSG's swoop for Yan Diomande could entirely depend on Bradley Barcola's future, which Liverpool linked with the French winger.Speaking to Wettfreunde.net, he said: "I believe this is the ideal summer and the ideal transfer market for Yan Diomande to join Paris Saint-Germain."They are the club that has presented the player with the best project.Of course, it's a difficult transfer because Leipzig are demanding a lot of money, but he is Paris Saint-Germain's top transfer target."However, this transfer depends on Barcola's future.

But I think at the moment Paris Saint-Germain is ahead of Liverpool."Bradley Barcola continues to be linked with a transfer move to Liverpool(Image: (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP via Getty Images))Today07:32 BSTDarwin Nunez on the moveAtlanta United are reportedly interested in signing former Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez. Nunez was linked with a return to Liverpool earlier in the summer, but those rumours were quickly squashed.READ THE FULL STORY HERE.Darwin Nunez looks set to be on the move again this summer(Image: Getty Images)Today07:32 BSTStefan Bajcetic boostMorning Reds, let's take a look at what you may have missed overnight.