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Liverpool have signed 18-year-old defender Giovanni Leoni from Parma; Reds will pay a £26m fee, taking their summer transfer spend over £300m; Liverpool were targeting defensive reinforcements following Jarell Quansah's exit and with Ibrahima Konate in the final year of his deal Friday 15 August 2025 18: 25, UK Parma defender Giovanni Leoni has signed for Liverpool, taking their summer transfer spend over £300m. Liverpool will pay a fee of £26m plus add-ons for the 18-year-old, who has signed a six-year contract and becomes the club's sixth major signing, with their business now totalling £321. 5m in paid transfer fees so far. That is currently the third-biggest transfer outlay from a Premier League club in a single window. If Liverpool complete a deal to sign Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, which could cost well above £100m, then the Reds could become the biggest summer transfer spenders of all time. Liverpool, though, have recouped over £200m this summer by selling seven players for fees, including £65m for Luis Diaz, £56. 6m for Darwin Nunez and £35m for Jarell Quansah. The Reds saw off competition from elite Italian clubs and Premier League sides for Leoni, who was adamant his choice was a move to Arne Slot's Premier League champions. Leoni will join the first-team set-up for this season, with any suggestion of a loan move completely ruled out. He will attend Liverpool's season opener at Anfield against Bournemouth, live on Sky Sports.
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Liverpool were targeting reinforcements at centre-back following the departure of Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen, with Ibrahima Konate entering the final year of his deal at Anfield. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Liverpool remain in talks for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi and are favourites to sign the England international. The question is whether they can negotiate a fee now or wait to sign him as a free agent next summer. Palace value Guehi at £40m. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports News previously reported there was a gap in valuation between the two Premier League sides. Palace will not let their captain go on the cheap and Liverpool know they can wait until next summer to sign him on a free transfer. If the situation does not change, it looks likely as things stand that Guehi will stay at Crystal Palace and leave on a free transfer next summer. In Milos Kerkez - Bournemouth, £40m Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen, £116m Jeremie Frimpong - Bayer Leverkusen, £29. 5m Giorgi Mamardashvili - Valencia, £29m Hugo Ekitike - Eintracht Frankfurt, £79m Armin Pecsi - Puskas Akademia, £1. 5m Freddie Woodman - Preston, free Giovanni Leoni - Parma, £26m Out Darwin Nunez - Al Hilal, £56. 6m Trent Alexander-Arnold - Real Madrid, £10m Caoimhin Kelleher - Brentford, £18m Jarell Quansah - Bayer Leverkusen, £35m Luis Diaz - Bayern Munich, £65m Tyler Morton - Lyon, £15m Nat Phillips - West Brom, £3m Vitezslav Jaros - Ajax, loan Owen Beck - Derby, loan Luca Stephenson - Dundee United, loan From this season, Sky Sports' Premier League coverage will increase from 128 matches to at least 215 games exclusively live. And 80 per cent of all televised Premier League games this season will be on Sky Sports. Super 6 are starting the season by guaranteeing a £1, 000, 000 winner! Play for free.
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