Liverpool are set to trigger another summer departure as Andoni Iraola's squad begins to take form
Andoni Iraola celebrates
Andoni Iraola will begin pre-season training at Liverpool this month(Image: Getty Images)
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Andoni Iraola has hit the ground running since being appointed Liverpool manager last month. The Spaniard's tenure at Anfield reaches the one-month milestone this week, and he has already secured the club's first summer signing in Victor Munoz.
Several key figures have departed on his watch, including Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson and Ibrahima Konate, though all three exits were decided before Iraola took over from Arne Slot.
Transfer activity across all clubs is likely to gather pace in the coming days and weeks, with Liverpool already set to confirm the exit of one midfielder while an announcement regarding a player keen to impress Iraola has also been made. We round up the latest transfer developments surrounding the Merseyside club.
Midfielder set forexit
Luca Stephenson of Liverpool
Luca Stephenson is set to leave Liverpool this summer(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
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Liverpool midfielder Luca Stephenson is edging closer to the exit door, with a switch to Bolton Wanderers nearing completion. The 22-year-old enters the final year of his Anfield contract having spent the past two seasons on loan at Dundee United.
Stephenson - who joined Liverpool's academy in 2018 from Sunderland - is yet to make a senior appearance for the Reds, despite being integrated into the first-team squad for their last two pre-season campaigns.
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Stephenson's move to Bolton is expected to set the Championship outfit back £700,000. Despite his second stint in Scotland being curtailed by injury, the midfielder was honoured with both the supporters' and club's Young Player of the Season award.
Jacquet arrives
Jeremy Jacquet's Liverpool career officially got underway on Wednesday following his £60million transfer. An agreement to sign the defender was reached in January before the Frenchman headed back to Rennes on loan for the remainder of the campaign.
The 20-year-old picked up a shoulder injury after returning to France but has now been cleared to start pre-season training this month. Upon arriving, Jacquet expressed his ambition to contribute to Liverpool's trophy collection.
He said: "I saw all the cups and trophies, just how many there are, and I thought 'wow, I really want to be part of the history of this club'. I was just thinking that I want to bring back many more of them."
He added: "It's a legendary club and the football philosophy appealed to me directly, and with my family I believe we made the right choice and we feel really happy here. They are really, really proud of me.
"I think they've got a few stars in their eyes, a bit like I have, and that they are all excited and can't wait to have it all started and that I begin to get some training sessions and a run of games under my belt."
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