Liverpool report: Negotiations start to promote defender

Liverpool are reportedly in negotiations to promote one in every of their defenders in what is anticipated to be an enormous summer season of switch exercise at Anfield as Arne Slot is available in to exchange outgoing supervisor Jurgen Klopp.

Klopp has left Liverpool after 9 seasons in cost and the favored German shall be changed by Slot, who has departed Dutch membership Feyenoord to take over at Anfield.

With a brand new supervisor coming in and one thing of a rebuilding venture going down at Liverpool, the Reds are anticipated to make quite a lot of new signings this summer season.

And amid a flurry of switch exercise, fairly a number of gamers are additionally prone to depart the Merseyside membership this summer season.

A type of might be defender Sepp van den Berg, who joined Liverpool from PEC Zwolle in 2019 however has solely made a handful of cup appearances for the Reds.

A former Dutch Below-21 defender, Van den Berg has had mortgage spells with Preston North Finish, Schalke and Mainz since 2020 and the centre-back now appears prone to depart Liverpool for good this summer season.

Based on Sky Sport in Germany, negotiations between Liverpool and Mainz are already underway over a everlasting deal for the 22-year-old defender.

The report claims that Van den Berg is eager to remain at Mainz, the place he made 35 appearances in 2023/24 and scored three targets.

Mainz bosses are additionally understood to be optimistic that an settlement will be reached with Liverpool quickly.

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