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Club want Liverpool player to replace their EURO 2024 star and he is keen to leave Anfield as soon as possible

Billy Meyers

Tue 25 June 2024 9:45, UK

Liverpool are now at risk of losing a top talent as he finds himself being lined up to replace one of EURO 2024’s best performers.

However – even before interest in his services arose – a revealing interview was released, in which he made it explicitly clear he would like to leave Anfie🧜ld immediately.

So, what is the situation at Liverpool? Let’s take a look…

Bologna want Sepp van den Berg to replace Riccardo Calafiori

A story from the now claims that Bologna want to sign Sepp van den Berg from Liverpool to replace Riccardo Calafiori – who has been๊ one of the standout 𝓡players at EURO 2024 this summer.

Liverpool signed the Dutchman in a £1.3m deal from PEC Zwolle back in ✨June 2019 – but have only handed him four senior appearances in total since his arrival.

The situation appears to have left Van den Berg quite angry.

Speaking to De Telegraaf, the 22-year-old recently : “I understood that I wasn’t going to play Van Dijk, Matip or Konate out (of the starting🐷 XI) but I thought I could be right behind it. When I didn’t get a chance again, I said, I want to leave (permanently).

Van den Berg also commented on Liverpool deciding to put a £20m price tag on his head, saying: “Youꦺ didn’t show confidence in me all this time, but you do want to hinder my future. I want t༺o keep playing every week and develop myself further.”

Clearly, the Netherlands U21 international sounds pretty fed up – and would seemingly jump at theﷺ chance to join Bologna, especially as they have qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

Liverpool could use Dutchman to sign the Italy international themselves

Interestingly, Liverpool are actually believed 𓆉to be keen on signing Calafiori.

A story from recently claimed that the Reds have made contact with Bologna to ask about𓃲 the Italian’s availability this summer, as Michael Edwards ꧙looks to replace Joel Matip.

Therefore, Liverpool could include Va🔴n den Berg as part of a player-plus-cash bid to sign Calafiori, given the Serie A♈ side’s admiration for the Dutchman.

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Be su🧸re to keep an eye on this situation, as we expect both Van den Berg and Calafiori to leave their respective clubs this summer…