Liverpool defender FINALLY ready to re-join his former club | OneFootball

Liverpool have essentially rebuilt their squad this summer, with a serious number of transfer coming in and making upgrading the Premier League champions' starting XI straight away.

It's been bizarre to see everything evolve, purely because of the sheer amount of incoming and outgoing moves, but slowly and surely, a blueprint for Arne Slot 2.0 is starting to become apparent.

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One area of the team that has seen the most work is the defence, with two full-backs and a centre-back joining the squad, and several players have been displaced in order to fit the new arrivals in.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold moves straight away on a free transfer, Jarell Quansah was sold to Leverkusen and we're now looking at losing one of our spare left-backs while bringing another centre-back in, on top of the business for Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Giovanni Leoni.

But with a few things still up in the air, the latest offer of a loan move might give the Reds a moment for pause until everything is cleared up, a last minute judgement call could be made next week.

Tsimikas offered loan move

According to Giannis Chorianopoulos, a Greek journalist for Sportime, we might see Kostas Tsimikas make a return Olympiacos this summer depending upon whether any permanent options come up.

His future at Liverpool as the Greek Scouser looks to be over since Andy Robertson is set to mentor new recruit Kerkez at left-back this season, before the Scot is eventually replaced next season.

Remaining in the Premier League doesn't appear to be on the cards according to The Athletic, with a move to a club that can offer European football set to be far more likely. Olympiacos would certainly fit that billing, although the lack of a permanent move could prove to be difficult for Liverpool.

But his future bizarrely depends on centre-back Marc Guehi at Crystal Palace who is high up on the list of pieces of business that Liverpool are still hoping to complete. Despite the Reds having four elite options at centre-back, the arrival of Guehi would add an element of solidity to the team.

However, signing the Englishman hasn't quite been as straightforward is we thought, since he will be available for free next season and the Eagles are currently haggling on the asking price to let him go.

Tsimikas had featured a little at centre-back during pre-season, when the stocks of defenders were low, and until Guehi arrives once the negotiations have reached a positive outcome, Arne Slot might consider keeping the Greek international, purely to cover all bases, using him as a last resort.

As such, the anticipated loan move could be put on hold until a last minute call on Guehi is made.

The Athletic's intel also suggested that no replacements for Guehi would be looked at if his move doesn't come to fruition - this would be an internal solution that Slot will now doubt have considered.