{"id":321154,"date":"2026-02-28T03:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321154\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T03:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:34:08","slug":"liverpool-announce-winger-transfer-as-real-madrid-admit-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321154\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool announce winger transfer as Real Madrid admit defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have officially announced a winger transfer, while the Reds can breathe a sigh of relief after Real Madrid ditched plans to sign Alexis Mac Allister in favour of a superior midfielder in the Premier League, and there\u2019s talk of a triple Anfield raid by Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool sell winger for small profit<\/p>\n<p>The winter transfer window in England has long since closed, but that\u2019s not stopped Liverpool from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/reds-complete-out-of-window-winger-transfer-fee-confirmed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">completing a deal<\/a>. Windows in a select few countries remain open, with one such example Norway. And at 6pm UK time on Friday evening, Liverpool announced the permanent departure of 19-year-old winger, Trent Kone-Doherty.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> from Derry City for \u00a3150,000 in 2022. But after just two senior appearances, he\u2019s now joined Norwegian outfit Molde.<\/p>\n<p>A club statement read: \u201cThe winger joins the Norwegian top-flight side after almost four years with the Reds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe arrived at the LFC Academy during the summer of 2022 and featured regularly at U18, U19 and most recently U21 level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKone-Doherty also made two senior appearances, debuting as a substitute at Plymouth Argyle in the Emirates FA Cup in February 2025 and then coming off the bench against Crystal Palace last October. Everyone at LFC wishes Trent the best of luck in his future career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to The Times\u2019 Paul Joyce, Liverpool have successfully inserted both buy-back and sell-on clauses into the agreement, thus covering Liverpool\u2019s back in case Kone-Doherty takes his game to new heights in Norway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid\u2019s grand midfield plan<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid will sign an ultra-high profile central midfielder in the summer, and there\u2019s constant speculation in Spain it could be Alexis Mac Allister.<\/p>\n<p>Those murmurings have even crossed into the UK media, with a Liverpool Echo journalist recently claiming he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/alexis-mac-allister-anthony-gordon-liverpool-real-madrid-newcastle-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expects Mac Allister to move to the Bernabeu in the summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But per the latest from Spain, Los Blancos are finalising stunning new plans to sign Manchester City\u2019s Rodri instead.<\/p>\n<p>The remarkable update went into great detail, revealing Real Madrid plan to launch a \u20ac50m bid on one condition \u2013 Rodri gets back to his best in the remainder of the season and also puts in a strong showing at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri is reportedly \u2018keen\u2019 on making the move, and there were even claims Man City will be willing to cash in on the 2024 Ballon d\u2019Or winner given he\u2019ll have just one year left on his deal come the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Full details in the incredibly detailed report \u2013 including which rules Real Madrid will break to get the deal done \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/real-madrid-finalise-stunning-plans-sign-premier-league-best-midfielder-breaking-their-own-rules\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Triple Inter Milan raid<\/p>\n<p>Inter Milan have their eyes on not one, not two, but three Liverpool players in a stunning triple swoop.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to a host of reports in Italy that state Ibrahima Konate, Giovanni Leoni and Curtis Jones are all wanted men at the San Siro.<\/p>\n<p>Inter hope to snap up Konate via free agency if he refuses to pen fresh terms at Anfield. The Frenchman\u2019s contract expires in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Leoni would be brought in on a season-long loan, something that could make sense if Liverpool sign another centre-back on top of Jeremy Jacquet.<\/p>\n<p>Jones \u2013 who Inter tried to sign on loan with a \u20ac40m buy option in January \u2013 will be the subject of another approach\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/three-liverpool-deals-inter-milan-permanent-transfer-loan-free-agent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Three Liverpool deals with Inter Milan in the works \u2013 permanent transfer, loan and free agent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have officially announced a winger transfer, while the Reds can breathe a sigh of relief after Real&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[912,914,42,1101,43,1102,40,38,41,39,915],"class_list":{"0":"post-321154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-all-the-news","9":"tag-front-page","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories","18":"tag-transfer-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}