{"id":499984,"date":"2026-06-15T00:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499984\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T00:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:36:11","slug":"liverpool-in-talks-to-sign-ayyoub-bouaddi-hes-better-than-mateus-fernandes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499984\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool In Talks to Sign Ayyoub Bouaddi, He’s Better Than Mateus Fernandes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are starting to ramp up their summer transfer plans following the appointment of Andoni Iraola as the club’s new manager earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Liverpool’<\/a>s desire to strengthen is no surprise for a few reasons, the main one being how underwhelming they were during the 2025-26 season, just one year after the won the Premier League title in Arne Slot’s first campaign in charge.<\/p>\n

Another is the fact that they have lost three big members of their dressing room in Andy Robertson, Mohamed Salah and Ibrahima Konate.<\/p>\n

The Reds do have two left-back options in Milos Kerkez and Kostas Tsimikas, although it remains to be seen whether the latter will stay at Anfield or leave the club on loan or on a permanent basis this summer.<\/p>\n

The Merseysiders may already have their successor for Konate too, given Jeremy Jacquet will link up with Liverpool this summer after they agreed a deal to sign him during the January transfer window.<\/p>\n

One area Liverpool are already looking to strengthen is their frontline, with club chiefs pushing to sign Yan Diomande from RB Leizpig as Salah’s long-term replacement, having offered the player an important salary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Inside Anfield, according to GIVEMESPORT sources, they are confident that the 19-year-old wants to join them<\/a>, amid interest from Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n

Romano: Liverpool Hold Talks to Sign Ayyoub Bouaddi<\/p>\n

\"Bouaddi
\n via Reuters<\/p>\n

According to Fabrizio Romano, Liverpool have now held talks with the agents<\/a> of Lille sensation Ayyoub Bouaddi over a switch to Anfield this summer.<\/p>\n

While the Reds are focusing on strengthening their attack, it is appearing more and more likely as though there will be changes in midfield too.<\/p>\n

There are doubts over the future of Alexis Mac Allister following a disappointing season for the Argentina international, while Ryan Gravenberch didn’t play to the same level as he did in 2024-25.<\/p>\n

With Curtis Jones also looking likely to depart Anfield, there is room for at least one signing in the Liverpool engine room.<\/p>\n

GIVEMESPORT sources revealed last week that Liverpool have a big appreciation for Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton<\/a>, who is valued at \u00a3100m by the Europa Conference League holders, according to journalist Alan Nixon.<\/p>\n

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Bouaadi is Way Better Than Mateus Fernandes<\/p>\n

\"West
\n via Reuters<\/p>\n

Reports at the start of this month suggested that Liverpool were ready to hijack Manchester United’s talks<\/a> to sign Mateus Fernandes from recently-relegated West Ham United.<\/p>\n

The Merseysiders were described as being the team to watch in the race for the 21-year-old, although it does appear right now as though the Red Devils are in the box seat to land the young Portuguese star.<\/p>\n

Liverpool would be signing a Fernandes upgrade in Bouaddi though, given how good he already looks at just 18 years of age.<\/p>\n

The Morocco international has already made 96 first-team appearances for Lille despite his tender years, and he showcased his talents on the world stage in his nation’s 1-1 draw with Brazil in the World Cup on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The teenager showed he is a multi-faceted midfielder as he dominated the likes of Casemiro, showing impressive composure, reading of the game and athleticism.<\/p>\n

Described as ‘insane’<\/a> by journalist Eduardo Hagn, the teenager has an even bigger future in the game than Fernandes as things stand.<\/p>\n

Now we wait to see whether he ends up in the Premier League this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are starting to ramp up their summer transfer plans following the appointment of Andoni Iraola as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-499984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499984","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=499984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}