 Liverpool may be interested in Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni but the Spanish club have no intention of selling him and the player does not want to move. It has been a difficult summer for the Reds in the transfer market, striking deals for Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai but struggling to add another midfielder to their squad. They have failed in a move for Moises Caicedo as the Ecuadorian chose to join Chelsea despite Liverpoool agreeing a fee with Brighton, while Southampton teenager Romeo Lavia looks likely to choose a move to Stamford Bridge over Anfield as well. The need for midfield reinforecements has come about after unexpected sales of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia, while there were expected exits of James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain at the end of their contracts. Liverpool will keep looking for new signings, but Tchouameni will not be the answer to their problems, with The Athletic reporting that the 23-year-old is seen as a key player by Real Madrid and the Frenchman has no interest in pushing for a move away from the Spanish capital. Reds legend Jamie Carragher hit out at the club for their failure to bring in a holding midfielder this summer and worries about the structure of the hierarchy at Anfield at the moment. 'It's been an absolute mess – it's a joke,' Carragher told Sky Sports of Liverpool's summer business. 'The biggest problem is that Liverpool have known they need midfield reinforcements since August last year, so 12 months ago. 'People think I defend FSG, I have no relationship with them at all. But this is not on the owners, this is on the structure of the football club when you go back two years when Liverpool were the model for every team in Europe, not just the Premier League, to follow. 'When Liverpool were winning the league and getting to Champions League finals, what are Liverpool doing? They'r){kind=link}
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Liverpool may be interested in Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni but the Spanish club have no intention of selling him and the player does not want to move.
It has been a difficult summer for the Reds in the transfer market, striking deals for Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai but struggling to add another midfielder to their squad.
They have failed in a move for Moises Caicedo as the Ecuadorian chose to join Chelsea despite Liverpoool agreeing a fee with Brighton, while Southampton teenager Romeo Lavia looks likely to choose a move to Stamford Bridge over Anfield as well.
The need for midfield reinforecements has come about after unexpected sales of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia, while there were expected exits of James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain at the end of their contracts.