Overview

• Liverpool granted Kostas Tsimikas permission to undergo a medical in Rome after agreeing a one-year loan with AS Roma.
• Multiple outlets report that Roma will cover the 29-year-old’s salary for the season.
• Sources differ on whether the agreement includes an option to buy, with that detail yet to be clarified.
• Tsimikas has fallen down the pecking order under Arne Slot following Milos Kerkez’s arrival and was left out of early matchday squads.
• The defender chose Roma over other late-window interest and has traveled to Italy as the clubs work to finalize paperwork before the deadline.