Liverpool to beat Inter Milan in €40m centre-back deal | OneFootball

Liverpool's approach to the transfer market this window has been a change from the status quo.

The Reds ordinarily back themselves, but it feels as though the club's financial power is at such a level that most other clubs can't compete. Our frugal approach has led to a big spending opportunity.

One of the squad's recruitment demands is a centre-back and the conditions for a move are specific.

Ever since Jarell Quansah left, there has been a 'homegrown quota' conundrum and solving it will be tricky since any replacement is likely to be Arne Slot's second choice parter for Virgil Van Dijk. But a solution has reportedly opened up and the club faces with a tussle with Inter Milan to secure a deal.

Liverpool have the edge in Leoni talks

The latest solution to the problem caused by Quansah's departure is Giovanni Leoni at Parma - an 18-year-old centre-back talent - and he looks to be on the move this summer for a permanent move.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the asking price is €40m (£34.5m) and Inter Milan are currently only able to sanction €30m for him, which has led to a stall in negotiations, but Liverpool are said to be lurking.

The report, looked at from the perspective of Inter, says: "Everything is fine, but there are two big problems like this: Parma, which in the face of the Nerazzurri proposal of 30 million [euros], continues to value its defender born in 2006 [at] 40 million euros, a figure that Inter cannot touch.

"And that instead maybe Liverpool will be able to 'write': her is the second problem, because from England it is whispered that the Reds have put the defender in their shortlist. And if that were the case, it all becomes all the more logical to look around."