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Liverpool have £25m bid for Brazil midfielder Andre rejected

Liverpool have had a €30 million (£25.6m) verbal offer for Fluminense midfielder Andre rejected, according to reports from Brazil.

The Reds are known to be admirers of the 22-year-old and had been expected to step up their interest after missing out on both Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo to Chelsea.

However, Fluminense look set to stand firm on their desire to keep the midfielder until January at least, dashing any hopes of a deal being struck before deadline day of this summer’s window.

Brazilian outlet Globo reports that the Rio club want Andre to feature in both legs of their upcoming Copa Libertadores quarter-final tie against Paragay’s Olimpia, which will take place on August 24 and 31.

To that end, they recently turned down an initial Liverpool bid worth €30 million before it could even be formally communicated.

That offer would have smashed Fluminense’s previous record for a sale, which was set at €17 million by Gerson’s move to AS Roma in 2015.

The Reds now have two choices in their pursuit of Andre: wait until the January transfer window opens or pay the €40 million (£34m) release clause understood to be contained within his contract.

The midfielder has made over 140 appearances for Fluminense since emerging from the club’s academy to break into the first-team setup in September 2020.

His progress was recognised with a first senior Brazil cap earlier this year, which came in 4-2 friendly defeat to Senegal.

Both Fulham and Portuguese outfit Sporting have also ben credited with an interest in Andre.

Football transfer rumours: Kalvin Phillips for Liverpool or Bayern

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Let’s start this roundup of the latest transfer news with the suggestion, from a number of publications that the next move for Mason Greenwood, now that it is agreed he has no future at Manchester United, is said to be the exploration of options in Turkey and Ital

Meanwhile, Manchester City continue to be busy in the market, rather later than normal. Jérémy Doku is expected to sign up from Rennes, the Belgian taking up the Riyad Mahrez role that was supposed to have been filled by Lucas Paquetá before the FA began investigating the Brazilian over potential betting breache

Related: Transfer roundup: Jérémy Doku set for City as Chelsea land Djordje Petrov

City are looking to ship out Kalvin Phillips, who has never really fit in since signing from Leeds, and Liverpool and Bayern Munich are linked. Bayern Munich, meanwhile, want £22m if they’re to sell Ryan Gravenberch to Liverpool or Manchester United. They have also shipped out Benjamin Pavard, who was linked with United but will instead end up in Milan at Inte

The £85m that West Ham expected to receive for Paquetá may have been lost for now but they still have cash from Declan Rice’s sale washing around. They’re reported to have made a bid for Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke to reduce Michail Antonio’s workload, as well as another for Sevilla’s Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri. The latter would be quite the addition though it’s likely he won’t have Nayef Aguerd to show him the sights and sounds of Romford: his compatriot, who scored and was sent off at the weekend, is linked with a return to Renne

Todd Boehly now knows the identity of his next megabucks transfer from Brighton; the Seagulls have put in a bid for Carlos Baleba at Lille, a midfielder to fill the hole left by Moises Caicedo. Still, until that happens, Todd’s retail therapy continues with the signing of Djordje Petrović, the Serbian goalie who currently plays for New England Revolution, and will replace Kepa Arrizabalag

Chelsea’s search for a striker continues and Folarin Balogun, who is a regular subject of speculation, is said to have agreed personal terms with the Blues. He just needs Arsenal and Chelsea to agree a deal for him to be sold. Arsenal are also having to ward off Saudi Arabian interest in centre-back Gabriel. Al-Ittihad are the interested part

And, talking of goalkeepers, Hugo Lloris looks set to end his 11 years at Tottenham by heading to Serie A and Lazio

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Exclusive: Liverpool recently asked about 4-5 potential midfielder transfer targets, says expert

Liverpool recently asked about as many as four or five midfielder transfer targets, according to Fabrizio Romano in his latest column for CaughtOffside’s Substack.

The Reds have already signed three midfielders this summer, bringing in Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Wataru Endo following the departures of Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Could there be room for one more new addition in that position? It seems Romano wouldn’t rule it out, implying that the likes of Manchester City’s Kalvin Phillips and Fiorentina’s Sofyan Amrabat could be among Liverpool’s options.

For now, however, LFC have only recently asked about those 4-5 midfielders, so it’s seemingly not anything particularly concrete for the moment, according to Romano.

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Discussing the latest on Phillips’ future at Man City and Liverpool’s transfer plans, Romano said: “Kalvin Phillips has been attracting links with Liverpool again, but I’m not aware of anything concrete or advanced.

“Liverpool can sign another midfielder but only if they find the right opportunity in terms of price, conditions and more.

“They made calls last week for 4-5 midfielders – Sofyan Amrabat was another on of those – but just to be informed on conditions of the deals, nothing concrete after they signed Wataru Endo.”

Phillips could be a fine fit for this Liverpool side, while Amrabat is another player who’s impressed in that position in recent times, but fans would probably also be pretty happy with Endo, Mac Allister and Szoboszlai as a new-look midfield three.