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“It’s exactly what I wanted, and I have a very good feeling. We are back to where this club needs to be, and we want to stay here to write our own history.
“I feel that I’m ready to help the team with my experience but with quality as well.”
Xhaka made 297 appearances at Arsenal, winning two FA Cups and briefly captaining the side before leaving in 2023.
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Newcastle wanted to sign Quansah last summer, as part of a deal to send winger Anthony Gordon to Liverpool, but the Reds turned down the proposal.
As Quansah is a homegrown player, the fee Liverpool received from Leverkusen will be recorded as ‘pure’ profit with regards to profit and sustainability rules (PSR).
Quansah came through the Liverpool academy and made 58 appearances for the club, scoring three goals.
He helped
Premier League champions Liverpool have agreed a £116m deal to sign Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.
The fee includes a guaranteed £100m and a further £16m in add-ons.
Those bonus payments would become payable if the Reds achieve a sustained level of success at elite level – and would only then become a British record.
The British record for an initial fee remains Chelsea’s £107m signing of
Liverpool’s move for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz is at an advanced stage, with the clubs in discussions over the structure of a transfer that could be worth £114m.
The Reds submitted a third formal bid for the Germany playmaker last week, worth £100m guaranteed and a further £14m of add-ons. If completed, it would smash the club’s £75m record signing of captain Virgil van Dijk in 2018.
Sources have
The Dutchman came through the youth ranks at Manchester City and went on to join Celtic in September 2019 before a move to Leverkusen in January 2021.
Frimpong joins a Dutch contingent of Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch at Liverpool.
Liverpool are also in talks with Leverkusen over signing Florian Wirtz.
The club have entered into advanced negotiations for Germany forward Wirtz, submitting an offer of
Liverpool have entered into advanced negotiations with Bayer Leverkusen over a deal for Florian Wirtz.
It is understood the Premier League champions have submitted a second, improved bid for the Germany midfielder.
Liverpool’s latest offer for the 22-year-old is about £109m, including add-ons.
Wirtz is a key target for the Merseyside club and has made his wishes clear about wanting to join Liverpool before next season.
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Liverpool have made initial contact with Bayer Leverkusen over a move for attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz.
The Germany playmaker is emerging as a primary target for Arne Slot as the Premier League champions already begin planning for next season.
Liverpool are set to sign Jeremie Frimpong from Leverkusen and the Anfield club registered their desire to sign 22-year-old Wirtz during those discussions.
Formal negotiations are still to get under way
Liverpool are ready to trigger the release clause of Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong as they close in on their first summer signing.
The 24-year-old, who can play across the right-hand side, is wanted by fellow Dutchman Arne Slot for next season’s campaign and talks towards a deal have progressed in recent days.
Frimpong’s release clause is understood to be in the region of 35m euros (£29.5m), with Liverpool expected to
Emi Buendia has signed a contract extension with Aston Villa and will immediately join Bayer Leverkusen on loan until the end of the season.
The 28-year-old midfielder moved to Villa from Norwich in 2021 for a club-record deal worth an initial £33m.
He has made 97 appearances for the club, scoring 10 goals, and made his international debut for Argentina in February 2022.
Buendia missed the entire 2023-24 season when
Hull City have signed Colombian midfielder Gustavo Puerta from German champions Bayer Leverkusen on a season-long loan.
The Tigers have an option to buy the 21-year-old – who has played for his country at under-19 and under-20 level – next summer.
He has twice been an unused substitute for Colombia’s senior side, but has yet to win a cap.
Puerta made 10 appearances for Leverkusen last season as Xabi Alonso’s