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Liverpool Enter Decisive Six-to-Eight Week Window on Konaté Talks as Cresswell Emerges as £26m Option

A six-to-eight-week decision window now looms for Liverpool over the centre-back’s future.

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Schlotterbeck Sets Pre-Summer Decision on Dortmund Future as Barcelona Back Off and Liverpool Monitor

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Liverpool Weigh January Defensive Move After Bradley’s Season-Ending Surgery

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Newcastle and Crystal Palace Track Ajax Defender Youri Baas Ahead of January Window

Liverpool Keep Close Watch on Inter’s Alessandro Bastoni for 2026 Move

Chelsea Put Disasi Up for January Exit as Milan and Roma Weigh Moves

LA Galaxy Acquire Jakob Glesnes From Philadelphia Union in Deal Worth Up to $2.2 Million

Chelsea Said to Prepare €55–60m January Bid for RB Leipzig’s Castello Lukeba

Kovac Backs Schlotterbeck After Dortmund’s Costly 2-2 Draw With Bodø/Glimt

Lyon in Talks to Sign Chelsea’s Axel Disasi on Loan in January

Barcelona Extends Eric Garcia's Contract Through 2031

Man United Tracking Eintracht’s Nathaniel Brown, With Summer Exit Valued Near €55m