Overview
- Liverpool and Parma have agreed a fee near £26m for 18-year-old Giovanni Leoni, with personal terms in place and only his signature and medical remaining.
- Leoni has made 17 Serie A appearances and will join Liverpool’s first team as immediate cover alongside Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konaté.
- The move follows Joe Gomez’s pre-season injury and Jarell Quansah’s departure to Bayer Leverkusen, which left Liverpool short on central defenders.
- Liverpool maintain interest in Crystal Palace captain Marc Guéhi but have yet to bridge a valuation gap that makes a pre-season transfer unlikely.
- Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has confirmed he will leave this summer, but high wage demands and Champions League ambitions are limiting his Premier League options.