Few players have been linked with Liverpool as frequently as Milos Kerkez this season, but Reds fans won't have been too pleased with what they heard from the Bournemouth left-back last week.

In a YouTube stream, the 21-year-old emphatically responded to the rumors, saying: "I will not go to Liverpool.

For everybody listening, I will not go to Liverpool."

It would be silly to read too much into that, given Kerkez was unlikely to say otherwise and risk piling unnecessary pressure on himself for the remainder of the campaign.

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However, should Kerkez not end up moving to Anfield in the summer, the Reds will indeed have to look elsewhere for their long-term left-back solution.

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Andy Robertson is now in his 30s, while Kostas Tsimikas turns 30 next year, and it is widely reported that a new left-back will on the Reds' agenda during the summer transfer window.

Liverpool is already guaranteed to welcome another left-back to the AXA Training Center ahead of the 2025-26 season, and that is academy defender Owen Beck.

Beck, 22, is spending the season on loan from Liverpool at Blackburn, where he has established himself as the Lancashire club's first-choice left-back as it chases a Championship play-off spot.

Rousing the Kop reports that Liverpool is delighted with the progress that Beck is making at Blackburn and is keeping an open mind about the prospect of Beck becoming a part of Arne Slot's first-team squad next season.

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Owen Beck is spending the season on loan at Blackburn

Beck has impressed during his last two loan spells senior soccer, having also stood out while on loan at Dundee last season

The youngster was named in the PFA Scottish Premiership Team of the Year as a result of his impressive performances for the Dens Park club in 2023-24.

Beck's first two loan spells in senior soccer, with Portuguese club Famalicao and Blackburn's Lancashire rival Bolton Wanderers, did not exactly go to plan, with Beck not making a single appearance for the former and playing just nine times for the latter.

Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said of Beck in January 2024: “We were always pretty positive about Owen, but then he had two really difficult loan spells [at Famalicao and Bolton]