{"id":525645,"date":"2026-03-10T00:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525645\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T00:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:27:11","slug":"liverpool-officials-fly-in-to-rival-man-utd-in-fierce-maghnes-akliouche-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525645\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool officials fly-in to rival Man Utd in fierce Maghnes Akliouche race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> have now sent officials to join the race to sign an attacking star alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Premier League<\/a> rivals Manchester United this summer.<\/p>\n<p>                        Gravenberch &#8220;proud&#8221; to sign new Liverpool deal<\/p>\n<p>There has been no frantic scramble to extend Ryan Gravenberch&#8217;s contract like there was for Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah. This time around, Liverpool got things done before panic could set in, with the Dutchman putting pen to paper on a new and improved deal until 2032.<\/p>\n<p>Delighted with his new contract, Gravenberch said: &#8220;I feel really, really good. I was really proud to extend my contract at such a big club. So, I\u2019m really happy that I can stay for many more years,\u201d Gravenberch told the official club website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt directly the trust from the club, also from the manager. The decision for me was easy to make. My family is also happy here. We are now here almost three years, so I know everything already. I\u2019m happy that I\u2019m here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"440\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/liverpool-midfielder-curtis-jones.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/liverpool-midfielder-curtis-jones.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    Related<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/own-wharton-murray-holme-can-end-jones-liverpool-career\/\" title=\"Anfield&#039;s homegrown Adam Wharton could end Curtis Jones&#039; Liverpool career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tAnfield&#8217;s homegrown Adam Wharton could end Curtis Jones&#8217; Liverpool career<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Liverpool have an academy star who could end Curtis Jones&#8217; career at the club as their own version of Adam Wharton.<\/p>\n<p>There was a time when the midfielder looked destined for the exit door at Anfield, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/arne-slot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a> arrived and he became a man transformed in the No.6 role.<\/p>\n<p>Now a Premier League winner, Gravenberch will have his sights set on taking the Reds back to the top of English football after a difficult campaign this season.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool, meanwhile, can now shift their focus back towards the transfer window. On that front, names like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/man-utd-now-facing-serious-threat-antonee-robinson-liverpool-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Antonee Robinson<\/a> are threatening to steal the headlines.<\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"antonee-robinson-fulham\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mixcollage-06-may-2025-08-42-am-2978.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mixcollage-06-may-2025-08-42-am-2978.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> The Fulham man would replace Andy Robertson, who is on course to leave as a free agent when his contract expires at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, those at Anfield could also welcome a vital reinforcement to an attack which has run out of ideas all too quickly in the last six months.<\/p>\n<p>                        Liverpool send officials to race for Akliouche<\/p>\n<p>As reported by TeamTalk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/liverpool-man-utd-maghnes-akliouche-scouting-mission\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool officials have now flown in to join the race for Maghnes Akliouche<\/a> &#8211; watching the AS Monaco attacker in action as he put Paris Saint-Germain to the sword.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds are looking to land one of Europe&#8217;s rising stars and could also get one over on rivals Man United, who are also watching the Frenchman closely.<\/p>\n<p>If there were any doubts about Akliouche&#8217;s ability to perform against the best that Europe has to offer, then his display against European champions PSG last weekend should put those to bed.<\/p>\n<p>The right-winger opened the scoring in the 27th minute and Monaco didn&#8217;t look back, eventually securing a 3-1 victory in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p>Akliouche vs PSG<\/p>\n<p>Stats<\/p>\n<p>Minutes<\/p>\n<p>81<\/p>\n<p>Goals<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Assists<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Chances Created<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>It was an excellent performance and one that the 24-year-old could be ready to recreate in the Premier League. Scouts from both Liverpool and Man United were in attendance for Monaco&#8217;s win and had the chance to witness the Akliouche show.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed &#8220;excellent&#8221; by Como scout <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ben_Mattinson_\/status\/1799766820771254614?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Mattinson<\/a>, the winger himself could now have quite the call to make in the summer if both clubs come calling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have now sent officials to join the race to sign an attacking star alongside Premier League rivals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-525645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}