{"id":703328,"date":"2026-07-21T12:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703328\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:26:12","slug":"liverpool-close-on-two-more-deals-as-transfer-business-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703328\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool close on two more deals as transfer business intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are continuing to assess their Academy options for the season with a number of loan moves and permanent departures<\/p>\n

10:47, 21 Jul 2026Updated 11:35, 21 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

Kyle Kelly of Liverpool during an U21 training session at AXA Training Centre(Image: Nick Taylor\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Liverpool midfielder Kyle Kelly is close to agreeing a loan move to Forest Green Rovers as the Reds continue to assess their Academy options for the campaign.<\/p>\n

Kelly is expected to spend the season at the National League team, who are managed by former Wales international Robbie Savage.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old, who has been at the Liverpool<\/a> Academy since 2018, put pen to paper on a new one-year deal earlier this month after uncertainty over his future with his contract up this summer.<\/p>\n

He was hampered by injury for the first half of the last Premier League 2 campaign but became a regular in the defensive midfield role from the New Year onwards.<\/p>\n

While yet to feature in a senior club game, Kelly has the rare distinction of already being a full international having made his debut for St Kitts and Nevis in March 2024, and scored his first goal for the country in March.<\/p>\n

Another Academy midfielder, 21-year-old Tommy Pilling, is also on the move, and is likely to complete a permanent transfer in the coming days to Slovakian top tier side MFK Zemplin Michalovce.<\/p>\n

Pilling has been at the Academy since he was five years old and progressed through the youth ranks. He played for the senior team in a friendly against Athletic Bilbao last summer and has trained with the first team on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

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