Liverpool 'head race' for Mason Mount as alternative…

Liverpool 'head race' for Mason Mount as alternative midfield option emerges

With a number of the Reds' squad still on international duty, it's time for your Liverpool FC evening headlines on Monday, March 27.

Mason Mount transfer latest as Liverpool 'leading the way' to sign Chelsea midfielder

Liverpool are "seriously interested" in signing Mason Mount from Chelsea in the summer transfer window as his contract talks continue to stall.

Mount's current deal at Stamford Bridge runs out in 2024 and despite lengthy negotiations over fresh terms, and despite both the player and the club wanting a positive resolution, an agreement is nowhere near close.

Chelsea are keen on securing the 24-year-old for a further seven years - something he is not said to be happy about, according to football.london.

The ECHO's sister website also report that Liverpool are '"leading the way" for Mount, who wants a salary to match his importance in Graham Potter's squad, amid interest from Manchester City and Manchester United.

They write: "A source has told football.london that the Reds are seriously interested in the England international and are preparing to make a move for the midfielder in the summer should the situation remain unsolved. Liverpool believe they can lure Mount to Anfield and will be trying to do so on a cut-price deal with a year remaining on his deal by the time the summer transfer window opens."

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Jurgen Klopp has already warned Liverpool about £40m transfer that could help solve midfield crisis

According to Football Insider, Liverpool have scouted James Ward-Prowse this season ahead of a potential summer move as the Reds look to revamp their midfield. It is not the first time they have been linked with the Southampton skipper, with Goal reporting he had previously been looked at in the summer of 2021.

While Liverpool wouldn’t move for the England international at the time, Aston Villa would see a £25m bid rejected. Off the back of that interest, the midfielder would sign a new five-year contract that saw him made the best-paid player in Southampton’s history on a reported £100k a week. Crucially, such a deal did not include a release clause.

Football Insider claim that should the Saints suffer relegation, Ward-Prowse will push to leave the club and could be available for £40m.

The Reds have been opportunists in the past when it comes to shopping at relegated clubs. They signed Gini Wijnaldum from Newcastle United (£25m) and Andy Robertson from Hull City (£10m) in the summers of 2016 and 2017 respectively. The following year, they activated a £13.5m relegation release clause in Xherdan Shaqiri’s Stoke City contract in the, before snapping up Harvey Elliott at the end of his Fulham contract in 2019 - with a £4.3m compensation package eventually decided by tribunal.

Meanwhile, following Southampton’s last relegation from the Premier League in 2005, they brought in Peter Crouch in a £7m deal in what was their first permanent signing from the Saints for 93 years.

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