Liverpool have suffered a blow in their quest to bring Josh Acheampong to Anfield, with a transfer journalist revealing Chelsea\u2019s stance on selling the young defender.<\/p>\n
It emerged this week that Liverpool are among the clubs \u2018monitoring\u2019 Acheampong<\/a>, who is able to play as a right-back, centre-back and even in central midfield.<\/p>\n With Ibrahima Konate out of contract at the end of the season and Virgil van Dijk not getting any younger, Liverpool<\/a> are on the hunt for a new defender.<\/p>\n Acheampong is one of the best young players to have come through the Chelsea<\/a> youth academy and has already played 38 times for the club\u2019s first team, scoring two goals in the process.<\/p>\n The 19-year-old has featured in 24 matches in all competitions for Chelsea this season, in which he has scored two goals.<\/p>\n The report noted interest in Acheampong from Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle United.<\/p>\n It even went on to claim that Chelsea could sell the England Under-21 international defender for \u20ac25-30million (up to \u00a326m, $35m).<\/p>\n However, transfer journalist Pete O\u2019Rourke has dismissed speculation that Chelsea could sell Acheampong to Liverpool, or any other club for that matter.<\/p>\n Writing in Football Insider<\/a>, the journalist claimed that Chelsea have \u2018no interest in sanctioning a sale\u2019 of Acheampong.<\/p>\n The Chelsea hierarchy rate the teenager very highly and hope to see him become a regular in the first team in the coming seasons.<\/p>\n Chelsea \u2018simply do not want to lose\u2019 Acheampong, which makes sense given what former Blues manager Enzo Maresca has previously said about him.<\/p>\n Maresca said about Acheampong in April 2025: \u201cHe can be good in different positions and the best thing from Josh also is that he\u2019s open, he wants to learn; \u2018Ok, full back? No problem, what do I have to do? Perfect, midfielder, what do I have to do?\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cGood players, they want to play in all positions, they want to learn and Josh is doing that since we started.\u201d<\/p>\n Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk\u00a0as a preferred source on Google\u00a0<\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n Latest Liverpool and Chelsea transfer news<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Liverpool have chosen \u2018two main targets\u2019 to replace Mohamed Salah<\/a>, who will leave the defending Premier League champions at the end of the season.<\/p>\n Antonio Rudiger is said to have made a decision on his Real Madrid future<\/a>, amid interest from Liverpool.<\/p>\n Chelsea are planning to bid for an AC Milan star<\/a>, who has wowed the London club.<\/p>\n