Liverpool transfer news: Plans to sign £69m defender dashed!

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Liverpool transfer news: Liverpool’s long-held ambitions to sign Alessandro Bastoni suffered a significant blow this week. Liverpool transfer news: Inter Milan Slam the Door on Liverpool’s Bastoni Dream Inter are not entertaining offers from interested clubs.

Instead, they have opened discussions with Bastoni to extend his current deal. However, Liverpool’s hopes of convincing Inter to cash in this summer are fading fast.

Liverpool are not simply looking for any centre-back; they need someone who can eventually take over the defensive leadership that Van Dijk has provided for nearly a decade. By that point, Van Dijk will be 36, and Liverpool’s need will feel considerably more pressing.