Whereas Sepp van den Berg is presently on tour with Liverpool in the US, the defender continues to be topic of switch curiosity forward of a probable transfer.
Van den Berg is one in every of 28 gamers who flew to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, and is predicted to start out in opposition to Actual Betis within the membership’s first official pleasant of pre-season.
He does so with main doubts over his future at Liverpool, having already criticised the membership with claims they have been pricing him out of a switch with a £20 million valuation.
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PSV Eindhoven are reported to carry the strongest curiosity in a deal, although the Reds have already rejected bids from each Mainz and Wolfsburg this summer season.
And in line with newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad, the Eredivisie membership are ready to attend till later in the summertime to safe his signing – in a bundle that might break their switch report.
Journalist Rik Elfrink writes that PSV “proceed to push” for the 22-year-old, however “don’t count on a switch to be accomplished within the brief time period.”
Any deal is prone to happen “additional into August,” when Liverpool return from the US, with PSV able to current a “hefty supply” – although they might cease in need of €20 million (£16.8m).
Van den Berg, it’s claimed, “can be ‘in’ for the step to the Eredivisie,” with Elfrink speculating that it may pave the way in which for a Netherlands call-up.
Earlier studies from Eindhovens Dagblad claimed that PSV can be prepared to pay nearer to €16 million (£13.4m) for his companies.
That will characterize a club-record switch, with their most costly outlays so far being €15 million every to signal Hirving Lozano and Jerdy Schouten in 2023.
PSV contemplate the potential arrival of Van den Berg as rendering their summer season enterprise “virtually full,” with the membership clearly banking on him becoming a member of Peter Bosz’s squad.
Whereas the centre-back is being given an opportunity to impress in pre-season, the expectation is that he might be allowed to go away Liverpool this summer season.
This comes with Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez all resulting from rejoin Jarell Quansah within the defensive ranks later in pre-season, whereas teenager Amara Nallo can be primed to step up.
A lot will depend upon the dimensions of affords made for Van den Berg, after all, with Liverpool additionally set to half methods with Nat Phillips, Rhys Williams and Billy Koumetio this summer season.
Williams and Koumetio are already attracting curiosity from a variety of golf equipment in England, Scotland, France and Turkiye.
