Overview
- Liverpool and Austria Vienna confirmed an agreement in principle that gives Liverpool the option to complete the transfer, with Vienna stating the option runs until the end of June 2026.
- Austria Vienna’s sporting director Michael Wagner described the arrangement as a win-win and praised the academy pathway that produced the defender.
- Liverpool said Ndukwe will link up with the club’s U21 squad in the summer after finishing the current campaign in Austria, subject to international clearance.
- Reports place the prospective fee at roughly £2.5–£2.6 million, though neither club has officially disclosed financial terms.
- Ndukwe, 17, turns 18 in March, featured heavily for Austria’s U17 World Cup runners-up, plays regularly for Vienna’s reserves, and has been named in the senior matchday squad nine times, with the move framed as long-term development alongside recent teenage signing Mor Talla Ndiaye.