Milos Kerkez was due to have been officially confirmed as a Liverpool player on Tuesday, but by Thursday morning there has still not been an announcement from the club.
The Hungarian left back flew to Merseyside on Monday to undertake his medical, conduct media duties and sign his contract.
It was expected that Kerkez would, therefore, be confirmed as a Liverpool player late on Tuesday or Wednesday. However, that hasn’t happened, leaving fans puzzled.
Now, informed journalist David Ornstein of the Athletic has explained the reason for the delay, saying that are some “technical bits and bobs to sort out.”
“It’s not completed just yet,” said Ornstein. “They had some technical bits and bobs to sort out.
“But, as we knew, he flew over to the UK from Beldgade to undergo his medical and it’s all just being finalised so we can expect an announcement in due course.”
Quite what those technical bits are, and when the announcement will now be, is anyone’s guess.
The agreement for Kerkez was reported to have been made between Liverpool and Bournemouth last week, with most reports suggesting a fee of £40 million for the 21-year-old.
Personal terms are said to have been agreed a long time ago, with a five year contract part of those.
Ornstein adds that “as far as we know he [Kerkez] was their top target at left back and it will be interesting to see what they do with the other players [Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas] there.”