Liverpool transfer news LIVE: Ferran Torres update, defender leaves Anfield, Manu Kone deal

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I’m very happy even now I came back, I just feel like I never left."Tsimikas made 18 league appearances on loan at Roma last term, the same number he did for Liverpool in the 2024/25 season.Might he have something to offer this term?Kostas Tsimikas is back in training(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Today09:16 BSTNew club in for KoneA Liverpool approach for Manu Kone already looked unlikely but now it's been pushed even further back.Al-Ahli are now also in the mix, according to reports in Italy.The Saudi Pro League club finished third in their domestic league last term but could make room for Roma star Kone if they can get his fellow Frenchman Enzo Millot off the books.Today08:44 BSTNallo set for loan exitYoung defender Amara Nallo is due to join HJK Helsiniki on loan, according to The Athletic.The 19-year-old, who joined the Reds' academy from West Ham in 2023, has played three senior Liverpol games and was sent off on his debut against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League in January 2025.HJK begin their qualifying campaign for the Conference League tonight against Coleraine and currently sit fifth in Finland's top flight.Today08:14 BSTBarcola among World Cup aces who could joinFrench winger Bradley Barcola has been linked with Liverpool - among other clubs - throughout the window.However, he isn't the only World Cup standout who might end up at Anfield this summer.We've taken a look at a few of the options.Bradley Barcola shone for France in North America(Image: FIFA via Getty Images)Today07:44 BSTTorres chances dismissedGianluca Di Marzio has told Wettfreunde he doesn't expect Liverpool to complete a move for Ferran Torres."I don't think Liverpool can make an offer for Ferran Torres," Di Marzio said."I think only Paris Saint-Germain is a possibility, because if he decides not to extend his contract with Barcelona, it's because Luis Enrique wants him at Paris Saint-Germain, and the club is seen by both him and his advisors as the perfect career move. I knew that there was no pressure from my side so I could just go out there and express myself and enjoy the occasion."Rio Ngumoha playing for England(Image: The FA via Getty Images)Today07:24 BSTDefensive options assessedAndoni Iraola has already appreciated Liverpool's defensive options are looking rather thin.Ibrahima Konate has left, while Giovanni Leoni, Jeremy Jacquet and Conor Bradley also suffered injury blows last season.Our writers have run the rule over what might be needed by the Reds at the back this summer.Today07:19 BSTExtra friendly with Como plannedLiverpool were already due to play Como in a friendly on August 16 but now there will be two!The Reds are due to take on the Italian side in a behind-closed-doors game earlier the same day.It's unclear at this stage what kind of XI will be selected for the match without fans present.Today07:13 BSTOvernight recap: Martinez signs, Akliouche updateGood morning and welcome back to our Liverpool blog.If you've been out and about this week, here are a few of the things you may have missed.Promising youngster Samuel Martinez has completed an Anfield move but - while reports point to contact with Maghnes Akliouche, the ECHO understands nothing new has happened since enquiries earlier in the window.We'll have all the latest throughout the day so stay with us.22nd Jul17:58 BSTICYMI: Iraola clear on need for more signingsAs another day of the transfer window begins to wind down, Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola has been honest about his desire to strengthen his new squad.

"Winger for example, we definitely need to sign a winger, but there are other situations where we will have to analyse what the market gives you, what is the cost, how we also see the players we have."We have some tricky positions where we have injured players that we trust, but it is still not the ideal situation, so it will depend on a lot of things."Read more from the manager hereVictor Munoz is currently Liverpool's only signing under Andoni Iraola(Image: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)22nd Jul17:30 BSTLiverpool US tour diaryLiverpool's interest in Monaco starlet Maghnes Akliouche should come as little surprise for a club continuing to assess the market for wingers this summer.Andoni Iraola reiterated his and the club's more general stance on Tuesday: wide players are the priority right now as the Reds continue to build a squad that will be capable of competing this coming campaign under their new head coach.Asked by the ECHO in his press conference how many players he thought he might need during this critically important period of player trading at Liverpool, Iraola refused to place a figure on it, insisting the fluidity of the market made that a tough assignment. However, the ECHO understands that, while the Reds enquired for the player earlier in the summer, nothing has materialised since.It looks as though this is a very tentative link and Liverpool's summer-long search for a right-sided attacker goes on...Maghnes Akliouche continues to be linked with a transfer to Liverpool(Image: (Photo by Sandra Ruhaut/Icon Sport via Getty Images))22nd Jul15:27 BSTMaghnes Akliouche to Liverpool latestGood afternoon from the ECHO sports desk here in Merseyside, which isn't Manchester.A bit more detail on that breaking story about Maghnes Akliouche.Liverpool indeed enquired about the France winger earlier in the summer when they were assessing the market for a new right-winger.However, nothing new has happened since then.As you were, folks.22nd Jul15:14 BSTLiverpool 'make contact' with wingerLiverpool have reportedly made an initial approach to Monaco for French winger Maghnes Akliouche.The 24-year-old has been the subject of interest from PSG, with the European Champions having several bids for the star turned down.Sky Sports have reported that the Reds have checked on Akliouche's potential availability.Maghnes Akliouche of AS Monaco.(Image: Franco Arland/Getty Images)22nd Jul14:45 BSTKone deal looks unlikelyLiverpool's supposed move for Manu Kone this summer could have hit a brick wall with news that the midfielder is being eyed by Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli.According to Sky Sports in Switzerland, the Saudi outfit are interested in a move for the AS Roma star, who has also been strongly linked with a switch to Manchester United this summer.Manu Kone is reportedly in demand this summer(Image: Stefan Koops/EYE4IMAGES/NurPhoto via Getty Images)22nd Jul14:23 BSTKostas Tsimikas gives insight into training under IraolaLiverpool full-back Kostas Tsimikas admits he is glad to be back at Liverpool following a "strange" season on loan at Roma - as he hinted at the changes Andoni Iraola is making during training."We did some throw-ins, some build-ups and all these kinds of things; he likes the intensity in the training, everything is with the ball," he said.

He will have a chance during the pre-season; we will need him.“It’s a good sign that he came a week earlier – he’s been training with the under-21s – and I hope we can see him in a good place.“I think, Harvey, last season had to be very difficult for him because it was a strange situation where basically they couldn’t even put him in to play.“I think he uses what he has experienced, the bad situation, to make him even more eager to be a Liverpool player.”Harvey Elliott is back at Liverpool(Image: 2026 Liverpool FC)22nd Jul11:45 BSTMac Allister addresses controversy after World Cup heartacheLiverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister insists Argentina's players were blinded by the love of their fans when they turned their backs on Spain lifting the World Cup on Sunday evening.Mac Allister and team-mates were widely condemned by football fans around the world for appearing to show a lack of sportsmanship as Spain celebrated their 1-0 extra-time victory.Writing on Instagram, the Reds midfielder and 2022 World Cup winner said: "We were so close… that's why it hurts so much. The Argentine midfielder has been linked with a move away, after struggling last season, but Andoni Iraola has said he hopes to keep the World Cup finalist.Barnes said via Betfred: “Playing for Argentina probably suits his style, so I don’t believe him playing well at the World Cup necessarily means he’s going to return to Liverpool and replicate that form."I know that he’s a very good character and Argentinian players are generally very tenacious.