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Yan Diomande Yan Diomande has been backed as being ready for a move to Liverpool - with the Reds told signing the RB Leipzig winger and Newcastle United's Anthony Gordon would represent a "dream" transfer window this summer. Diomande has become one of the most sought-after youngsters in Europe after an impressive debut season in the Bundesliga with Leipzig, whom he joined from Spanish side Leganes for €20million in the summer having played only 10 games in La Liga. The 19-yea

Olise Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge claims the Bundesliga champions would resist a world-record offer for Michael Olise this summer. Liverpool have been speculatively named in connection with France international Olise since Mohamed Salah confirmed he would be leaving Anfield after nine years at the end of this campaign. Links to Olise have been downplayed at Anfield but the former Crystal Palace winger is viewed by many as the idea solution to Salah's end-of-seas

Ekitike Michael Owen says he is "gutted" for Hugo Ekitike after the Liverpool striker's season was wrecked by a ruptured Achilles last week. Ekitike suffered the injury in the 2-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain during the second leg of the Reds' Champions League quarter-final on April 14 and now faces a long-term rehabilitation process. The France international, who is now out of hospital and in a foot brace, will also miss the World Cup, with some suggestions he will be absent

Carragher Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool need to sign three players capable of immediately being first-team starters at Anfield next season as he challenged Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz to step up. Isak hasn't come near to the heights that made him a £125m footballer on September 1, when Liverpool signed him from Newcastle, with the most expensive in British history arriving unfit after a lack of pre-season schedule before a four-month lay-off following a leg break at