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However, we revealed that Liverpool’s contact actually came earlier in the window, and nothing has moved on the deal since.According to RMC Sport, a five-year contract between Akliouche and PSG was agreed just over a couple of weeks ago, although the European champions have yet to have a bid accepted.Liverpool made an approach for Maghnes Akliouche earlier in the summer(Image: Getty Images)Today10:33 BSTAmara Nallo on the moveLiverpool teenager Amara Nallo has agreed to spend the rest of the year on loan at HJK Helsinki - and could make an immediate debut for the Finnish side.With the Finland domestic league running from April until late October, the 19-year-old defender Nallo will be available for the last six rounds of the regular season and then the final stages when the 12-team league splits into two divisions.Nallo is also clear to feature in European competition, and has been named in the HJK squad for their Conference League second qualifying first leg clash against Northern Ireland side Coleraine on Thursday evening.The centre-back was signed by Liverpool from West Ham United in 2023 and spent the first 18 months featuring predominantly with the under-21 side.However, his senior debut in the Champions League dead rubber at PSV Eindhoven in January 2025 saw him become the youngest player sent off in Liverpool history when he was dismissed just four minutes after coming on from the bench towards the end.Nallo's second first-team appearance lasted only 12 minutes when, again having been brought on as substitute, he was red-carded in the League Cup defeat to Crystal Palace at Anfield last October.The defender, though, was able to safely negotiate the final 16 minutes at home to Qarabag in the Champions League in January when introduced for his third Liverpool outing.Nallo has also made the matchday squad on nine other occasions, most recently the Champions League loss at home to Paris Saint-Germain in April.Amara Nallo of Liverpool(Image: Burak Basturk / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)Today10:16 BSTRio Ngumoha gives Reds new optionReds winger Rio Ngumoha has suggested he could play on the right wing for Liverpool next season. The youngster's versatility could offer Andoni Iraola a solution to what's emerged as a problem position since Mohamed Salah's exit.Ngumoha has given an interview with the club in which he has hinted he could be set for a new role next season:"I think being unpredictable off both sides is key.

I’m very happy even now I came back, I just feel like I never left."Tsimikas made 18 league appearances on loan at Roma last term, the same number he did for Liverpool in the 2024/25 season.Might he have something to offer this term?Kostas Tsimikas is back in training(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Today09:16 BSTNew club in for KoneA Liverpool approach for Manu Kone already looked unlikely but now it's been pushed even further back.Al-Ahli are now also in the mix, according to reports in Italy.The Saudi Pro League club finished third in their domestic league last term but could make room for Roma star Kone if they can get his fellow Frenchman Enzo Millot off the books.Today08:44 BSTNallo set for loan exitYoung defender Amara Nallo is due to join HJK Helsiniki on loan, according to The Athletic.The 19-year-old, who joined the Reds' academy from West Ham in 2023, has played three senior Liverpol games and was sent off on his debut against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League in January 2025.HJK begin their qualifying campaign for the Conference League tonight against Coleraine and currently sit fifth in Finland's top flight.Today08:14 BSTBarcola among World Cup aces who could joinFrench winger Bradley Barcola has been linked with Liverpool - among other clubs - throughout the window.However, he isn't the only World Cup standout who might end up at Anfield this summer.We've taken a look at a few of the options.Bradley Barcola shone for France in North America(Image: FIFA via Getty Images)Today07:44 BSTTorres chances dismissedGianluca Di Marzio has told Wettfreunde he doesn't expect Liverpool to complete a move for Ferran Torres."I don't think Liverpool can make an offer for Ferran Torres," Di Marzio said."I think only Paris Saint-Germain is a possibility, because if he decides not to extend his contract with Barcelona, it's because Luis Enrique wants him at Paris Saint-Germain, and the club is seen by both him and his advisors as the perfect career move. I knew that there was no pressure from my side so I could just go out there and express myself and enjoy the occasion."Rio Ngumoha playing for England(Image: The FA via Getty Images)Today07:24 BSTDefensive options assessedAndoni Iraola has already appreciated Liverpool's defensive options are looking rather thin.Ibrahima Konate has left, while Giovanni Leoni, Jeremy Jacquet and Conor Bradley also suffered injury blows last season.Our writers have run the rule over what might be needed by the Reds at the back this summer.Today07:19 BSTExtra friendly with Como plannedLiverpool were already due to play Como in a friendly on August 16 but now there will be two!The Reds are due to take on the Italian side in a behind-closed-doors game earlier the same day.It's unclear at this stage what kind of XI will be selected for the match without fans present.Today07:13 BSTOvernight recap: Martinez signs, Akliouche updateGood morning and welcome back to our Liverpool blog.If you've been out and about this week, here are a few of the things you may have missed.Promising youngster Samuel Martinez has completed an Anfield move but - while reports point to contact with Maghnes Akliouche, the ECHO understands nothing new has happened since enquiries earlier in the window.We'll have all the latest throughout the day so stay with us.22nd Jul17:58 BSTICYMI: Iraola clear on need for more signingsAs another day of the transfer window begins to wind down, Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola has been honest about his desire to strengthen his new squad.

However, the ECHO understands that, while the Reds enquired for the player earlier in the summer, nothing has materialised since.It looks as though this is a very tentative link and Liverpool's summer-long search for a right-sided attacker goes on...Maghnes Akliouche continues to be linked with a transfer to Liverpool(Image: (Photo by Sandra Ruhaut/Icon Sport via Getty Images))22nd Jul15:27 BSTMaghnes Akliouche to Liverpool latestGood afternoon from the ECHO sports desk here in Merseyside, which isn't Manchester.A bit more detail on that breaking story about Maghnes Akliouche.Liverpool indeed enquired about the France winger earlier in the summer when they were assessing the market for a new right-winger.However, nothing new has happened since then.As you were, folks.22nd Jul15:14 BSTLiverpool 'make contact' with wingerLiverpool have reportedly made an initial approach to Monaco for French winger Maghnes Akliouche.The 24-year-old has been the subject of interest from PSG, with the European Champions having several bids for the star turned down.Sky Sports have reported that the Reds have checked on Akliouche's potential availability.Maghnes Akliouche of AS Monaco.(Image: Franco Arland/Getty Images)22nd Jul14:45 BSTKone deal looks unlikelyLiverpool's supposed move for Manu Kone this summer could have hit a brick wall with news that the midfielder is being eyed by Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli.According to Sky Sports in Switzerland, the Saudi outfit are interested in a move for the AS Roma star, who has also been strongly linked with a switch to Manchester United this summer.Manu Kone is reportedly in demand this summer(Image: Stefan Koops/EYE4IMAGES/NurPhoto via Getty Images)22nd Jul14:23 BSTKostas Tsimikas gives insight into training under IraolaLiverpool full-back Kostas Tsimikas admits he is glad to be back at Liverpool following a "strange" season on loan at Roma - as he hinted at the changes Andoni Iraola is making during training."We did some throw-ins, some build-ups and all these kinds of things; he likes the intensity in the training, everything is with the ball," he said. He will have a chance during the pre-season; we will need him.“It’s a good sign that he came a week earlier – he’s been training with the under-21s – and I hope we can see him in a good place.“I think, Harvey, last season had to be very difficult for him because it was a strange situation where basically they couldn’t even put him in to play.“I think he uses what he has experienced, the bad situation, to make him even more eager to be a Liverpool player.”Harvey Elliott is back at Liverpool(Image: 2026 Liverpool FC)