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Sell Dias and Elliott just to buy him: Is it really worth 100 million euros to replace Nunez?

3:47am, 20 July 2025【Football】

Slott is really crazy this offseason. In addition to buying Wilz for over 100 million yuan, they also signed Flynnon and Kolkz, which made TAA's departure seem not sad at all. Based on the renewal of Salah and Van Dijk, their strength has increased instead of decreasing.

However, this is not their end point. The Daily Mail reported that Liverpool is preparing to offer to introduce Ekitic. The player himself clearly rejected other invitations. He only wants to join Liverpool. If the rumors before were just rumors, all the signs now indicate that the probability of the French U21 international joining Slot is getting higher and higher.

Nuñes left Liverpool. Although he was very expensive before and was also a hope star, Slot was very disappointed with him because he did not play at Liverpool, so they would replace new players to achieve this task. After continued internal discussions this week, Liverpool's forward signing targets have identified several candidates, including Isaac, Visa, Watkins and Osmaine.

Swedish international Isaac was originally the number one target, and Liverpool even wants to break the team's transfer fee record again. But the Reds soon found that the deal was difficult, Newcastle did not want to sell Isaac, and the players themselves had no reason to leave, so Liverpool turned to Ekitic of Frankfurt.

In contrast, Frankfurt allowed him to leave the team, and Ekitic himself also wanted to play in the giants, which created opportunities for the transfer. Interestingly, Newcastle also wanted to buy him, but Ekitic thought Newcastle was "not at the level", so he politely refused. At that time, Newcastle's offer was £70 million, which Frankfurt recognized. This will also give Slotte a bottom.

However, this time they bought Ekitic and could not directly allocate funds like before, because they spent a lot of money, and Liverpool must sell it before buying it. At present, Elliott and Louis Dias are their choice to clear the bill. Among them, Louis Dias is very expensive. Liverpool wants to get back 80 million euros. Bayern's offer for 60 million was rejected before this. Elliott is priced at 50 million euros. If it is relatively reliable, Slot can get about 100 million euros, which is just the right way to buy the Ekitic (transfer + salary) they want.

However, compared to Isaac Ekitic, his personal ending ability seems to be a little worse, which is his fundamental problem. However, Nunez was sold by Slot because of this problem.