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Football transfer rumours: Liverpool want Vinicius as Salah replacement; Man Utd stuck with Ten Hag
Barcelona open talks over Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Aaron Ramsdale mindful of move to Arsenal's Premier League rivals
Plus news on Victor Osimhen, Reece James, Rodrygo and more

By 90min Staff
Apr 6, 2024
Vinicius and Ten Hag are in Saturday's headlines
Vinicius and Ten Hag are in Saturday's headlines / Ion Alcoba Beitia/Getty Images, Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
90min rounds up the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world...

Liverpool have identified Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior as a potential long-term successor to Mohamed Salah. The Reds value the Brazil international at a British-record £172m. (El Nacional - Spain)

In addition to Vinicius, Liverpool are among several clubs looking at teammate Rodrygo. Manchester United have a particular interest in him and could offer £110m to sign him from Real Madrid. (Fichajes - Spain)

Barcelona have opened talks with Napoli over the possible signing of star winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, though they are unlikely to be able to stump up he requisite transfer fee. (AS - Spain)

Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale would be open to a reunion with former Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe at Newcastle this summer. (GIVEMESPORT)

Aaron Ramsdale
Ramsdale has lost his place at Arsenal / Visionhaus/GettyImages
Manchester United have determined there are a lack of suitable alternatives for manager Erik ten Hag should they decide to sack him and so are planning for next season with him in mind. (i news)

Manchester City are now the new favourites to sign Dani Olmo should he leave RB Leipzig this summer. (BILD - Germany)

Chelsea are eyeing Girona striker Artem Dovbyk as an alternative for Napoli's Victor Osimhen, whose contract in Italy contains a release clause worth at least £100m. (GIVEMESPORT)

While Chelsea have been put off by this figure, PSG would be willing to trigger Osimhen's release clause. (Gazzetta dello Sport - Italy)

Chelsea will also resist interest from PSG and Real Madrid in club captain Reece James, who they are determined to keep at Stamford Bridge. (Football Insider)

Juventus are ready to sell Samuel Iling-Junior at the end of the season for a fee of roughly £15m. The 20-year-old is of interest to Tottenham. (Calciomercato - Italy)

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So much quality – Cody Gakpo talks up Liverpool’s depth in title run-in

Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo believes their strength in depth is bolstering the club’s Premier League title bid.

The Netherlands international came off the bench for the 19th time in 44 appearances to score his 14th goal in Thursday’s victory over Sheffield United.

This season Jurgen Klopp’s substitutes have been involved in 24 Premier League goals (12 goals, 12 assists) which equals Manchester City’s record from 2011-12, with Gakpo combining with fellow substitute Andy Robertson for the third goal against the Blades.

It has also contributed to Liverpool winning 26 points from losing positions and Gakpo, the team’s third-highest scorer this season, attributes that to the attitude within the squad.

“That’s what this team is all about. We have so much quality, and the manager can only start 11,” he told the club’s website.

“Everybody is eager to perform well for himself, for the team and for the fans when they are coming on.

“At the beginning of the season everyone had the belief that, ‘OK, I’m not starting today but when I come on, you never know what is going to happen, and if I put all of my energy out there then beautiful things can happen’.”

With just eight league matches remaining the focus is getting sharper with every week but Gakpo said no-one was thinking ahead as that leads to scrambled thinking.

“Obviously we are aware of the situation but we just try to approach every game and stay calm,” he added.

“Obviously your mind can go all over the place if you are thinking about the end of the season, but we just have to take it game by game.

“We are doing it pretty well at the moment and we just need to stay calm and stay focused.”

The team return to Old Trafford on Sunday, where only three weeks ago they lost a pulsating FA Cup quarter-final 4-3 after Manchester United scored a winner in the final minute of extra time.

It was only the third domestic defeat of the campaign but losing to their arch-rivals, ending the hope of an unprecedented quadruple, was painful.

“Of course, we were very disappointed. Losing is never good. Especially the way we lost that day, it hurt for 24 hours after the game,” said Gakpo’s international captain Virgil van Dijk.

“We have to do better against them. They started the game well, had the crowd behind them and that gave them a push. Conceding the goals was disappointing.

“We controlled the game but kept them alive. They made use of it in the best way possible. That’s credit to them but we are going there on Sunday to turn it around and make sure we get the three points.

“We want to win every game and that’s the focus anyway at Liverpool. We know how much this match means and how big it is for the outside world but we are in a phase where we can’t drop points and lose points.

“It never matters what happened the game before results-wise. It is on its own. We have one goal: go there and try to win the game, we will give everything.”

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Ten Hag was not happy with his players / Robin Jones/GettyImages
Erik ten Hag bemoaned the decision making of his Manchester United players following their remarkable 4-3 loss against Chelsea this week.

United were poised to secure all three points at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night, courtesy of Alejandro Garnacho's brace and Bruno Fernandes' solitary goal, which nullified Conor Gallagher's early strike and Cole Palmer's penalty.

However, Palmer - in red-hot form - was on hand to score again from the spot in the 100th minute and secured his hat-trick in the 101st to inflict a 12th Premier League defeat on Ten Hag's side this season.

Diego Dalot's clumsy foul resulted in the spot kick being coolly converted by Palmer to level the score at 3-3. Following the restart, the Portuguese defender embarked on a desperate offensive push, which Chelsea capitalised on with a swift counter-attack. And Palmer, left unmarked, received the ball from a subsequent corner and unleashed a shot which took a wicked deflection to seal victory for the home side.

Cole Palmer scoring a penalty kick for Chelsea against Manchester United.
Palmer continued Man Utd's woes / Marc Atkins/GettyImages
"We started the game poor, making individual errors. And, of course, that [stoppage-time goals] frustrates me the most," Ten Hag said at a press conference on Friday.

"I had the feeling we were dominating the game and we fought back into the game. We put ourselves in a winning position by some very good football, sometimes brilliant football, scoring great goals.

"In stoppage time, we didn't manage it. We didn't bring the win over the line and that's frustrating. They [the players] know their jobs and they have to make the right decisions.

"We didn't make the right decisions, we didn't react quick enough to avoid this situation."

Regarding what he told the United squad, Ten Hag added: "I said today to the players, we have to make better decisions, it's our strength. You saw again how we score from counters - we can be such a massive threat. And we have seen today an example with tempo, how we can beat our opponents, where we are unstoppable.

"But we have to read when to keep the ball, especially when you are winning. Keep the ball, pass and move and switch the play instead of giving the ball away or going only into long balls. Bring the ball into the opponent's half, keep passing, discourage the opponent.

"But then if you have to defend you have to do it proper and we made the wrong decisions. And on individual errors and that's very frustrating if you're playing a good game."

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