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With the Premier League title all-but secured and their involvement in this season’s Champions League having come to an end, Liverpool can afford to start thinking ahead towards the transfer window.

Fortunately for Arne Slot, the Dutchman’s second summer in the Anfield dugout will not – as it turns out – be dominated by discussions surrounding Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

Salah committed his future to Liverpool last week.

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A teenage centre-half who, while now a proven Premier League quantity and expensive at £50 million, would arrive at Anfield not with the immediate pressure to stepping into Van Dijk’s shoes but with the luxury of further honing his talents over the next couple of seasons before taking his captain’s place.

Liverpool held talks with Dean Huijsen’s camp this month, according to the ever-reliable David Ornstein.

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This came as Huijsen confirmed a release clause in his AFC Bournemouth contract.

But, as Fabrizio Romano now explains, Liverpool could strike while the iron is hot, and as Los Blancos are mulling over their options.

Perhaps that is why Liverpool, not to mention top-flight rivals Chelsea and Arsenal, are keen to kick-off the talks with months remaining until the summer begins.

“Dean Huijsen would be very open to a move to Real Madrid,” Romano explains.

Huijsen is appreciated at Real Madrid, but they have not decided whether they want to spend on a centre-back in the summer or not.

Bayern [Munich] have also been calling for weeks for Dean Huijsen.

“Now, Premier League clubs are really, really pushing.

Dean Huijsen is going to keep exploring all the options in the next days and weeks.”

A naturally two-footed central defender, Huijsen’s remarkable composure and superb reading of the game have made him perhaps the most coveted young stopper in the Premier League right now despite having only arrived at Bournemouth from Juventus for a bargain £12.8 million a year ago.

Should Slot win the race, Liverpool may let Jarell Quansah go with Newcastle United interested on the academy graduate.

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola is keen to keep Huijsen focused, meanwhile.
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