Liverpool enter deadline day without having conducted any significant business in the winter window, but there are at least nine players who could still move.

The winter transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday, with Liverpool unlikely to confirm any incoming deals before the close of play.

In fact it has been a quiet window in terms of outgoings, too, with only Stefan Bajcetic (Salzburg to Las Palmas) and Calvin Ramsay (Wigan to Kilmarnock) switching loan clubs and Marcelo Pitaluga (Fluminense) and Tom Hill (Harrogate) leaving on frees.

There has been speculation around a number of other players however and it would be no surprise if late deals are arranged before the deadline.

Most prominent among those whose future is in doubt is Tyler Morton, who was denied a loan move to Bayer Leverkusen in the summer but has only started three of his five first-team appearances since.

Speaking earlier in the month Morton admitted “it’s decision time” and said he would “be a bit selfish” in deciding his next move.

The 22-year-old has not been credibly linked with any clubs throughout the winter, though, and any movement on his future could depend on a decision over James McConnell.

Both McConnell and Jayden Danns are attracting interest from clubs in the Championship, and though Slot expressed a desire for the former to stay, he could still depart on loan to gain regular starting experience.

Swansea, Derby and Blackburn want McConnell while Sunderland have made Danns a “leading target” as they vie with Blackburn, Stoke and Preston for the striker.

Kaide Gordon is another player who, like Ramsay and Bajcetic, saw his summer loan move brought to an early end with Liverpool agreeing to terminate their season-long agreement with Norwich.

The winger has since returned to training with the U21s but Portsmouth are among the clubs who could loan him for the remainder of 2024/25.

There is concrete interest from Leeds in academy striker Oakley Cannonier, with the 20-year-old laying on an assist in his second game on trial for his boyhood club’s U21s on Saturday.

Elsewhere, a decision could be made on goalkeeper Harvey Davies who, while Pitaluga and Fabian Mrozek went on loan, has spent the campaign so far training as fourth choice with Slot’s senior squad.

But with Kornel Misciur starting for the U21s and little route into the first team proper, Davies could feasibly depart for more experience in the Football League.

The same could apply to Dominic Corness and James Balagizi, who are both 21 and not in contention for a first-team place at Liverpool.

Left-back James Norris is arguably in the same position, but given he has already travelled with the senior side for three games this season it seems more likely he will stay until the summer.

One player who has no future at Liverpool is goalkeeper Jakub Ojrzynski, who was intended to spend the season with Cypriot second-tier side Spartakos Kitiou only for that deal to fall through due to issues in the paperwork.

Ojrzynski has since reported back to the AXA Training Centre and played a part in sessions with the first team and U21s, but it would be in his best interest to seek a move – perhaps even before the 11pm deadline.

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With little progress in talks over a new contract for Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian is said to be facing a “straight choice” between Liverpool and Saudi Arabia.

By now, fans hoped Salah would have agreed new terms and committed his future to Liverpool beyond the end of this remarkable campaign.

But with only five months now left on his deal – and realistically only four months in which he will be playing, with the Champions League final taking place on May 31 – the situation is growing tense.

Liverpool remain in talks with the representatives of Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold but it would be no surprise if the mood music began to turn.

The Athletic‘s James Pearce has provided the latest stance on Salah’s future, following overtures from the Saudi Pro League earlier in the week.

“Liverpool want to keep him beyond his 33rd birthday in June but the financial package has to make sense for the club’s long-term interests,” he writes.

“Increasingly, it seems Salah will be faced with a straight choice between signing a new deal at Anfield or heading for a club in the Saudi Pro League.”

Al-Hilal are known suitors and “would love to have him on board before the Club World Cup,” though interestingly that kicks off before his contract officially expires on July 1.

“If it comes down to money then the most likely outcome is that a new chapter in Saudi Arabia beckons,” Pearce adds, which should come as no surprise.

However, while the finances of the deal are undoubtedly important, there is certainly a question of the project in Saudi Arabia matching Salah’s ambitions.

In Pearce’s words, while Liverpool “will not be able to compete with the wages on offer there,” the player himself “must surely be looking at the bigger picture and his Premier League legacy.”

Two goals in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Bournemouth saw Salah overtake Frank Lampard to become the outright sixth-top goalscorer of all time in the Premier League.

He requires seven more to pass Sergio Aguero into the top five and 10 to eclipse Andy Cole’s record and move into fourth.

Set his targets any higher and Salah would almost certainly need to stay beyond the current campaign.

While Salah’s discourse has changed this season with more emphasis on the collective – insisting after Saturday’s game that his “main target” is winning the title with Liverpool – he is known to covet individual records.

There would be no meaningful records on offer in Saudi Arabia, regardless of Cristiano Ronaldo’s desperate attempts to prove his relevancy in targeting 1,000 career goals.

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Liverpool Women beat West Ham Women 1-0 for their second win against the Hammers in five days, after they also won in the FA Cup on Wednesday.

Liverpool Women 1-0 West Ham Women

WSL (13), St Helens Stadium
February 2, 2025

Goals: Kiernan 33′

While the outcome of a Liverpool win was ultimately the same, the Reds’ WSL meeting with West Ham couldn’t otherwise have been more different to their FA Cup encounter in midweek.

Manager Matt Beard made just two changes to the team that won 5-0 away at the Hammers, with Teagan Micah replacing Rachael Laws in goal and Lucy Parry starting at right-wing back instead of Yana Daniels.

Liverpool started well with loan signing Sam Kerr again imposing herself, notably going close early on with a powerful effort from 25 yards that went over the crossbar.

West Ham threatened too, and came closest through an acrobatic effort from that ultimately also went over the bar.

Leanne Kiernan that is cheeky ???

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— Barclays Women's Super League (@BarclaysWSL) February 2, 2025

The first and only goal came in the 33rd minute when striker Leanne Kiernan scored for a second time in five days against her former club, flicking home a clever finish after a creative low pass found her from Ceri Holland.

This was Kiernan’s first WSL goal this season on just her fourth start of the league campaign.

Her strike partner, Olivia Smith, was in the wars again this weekend as she clashed heads with Oona Siren when both players went for the ball in the middle of the park. Both players were thankfully able to play on.

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The second half saw Liverpool come out the better team and the Reds maintained their lead while making four changes.

On the hour mark, Chelsea loanee Julia Bartel came on for her third appearance, replacing the always influential Marie Hobinger in midfield, before Daniels and Sophie Roman Haug came on for Parry and Kiernan five minutes later.

Having covered plenty of ground, Kerr was then brought off for Fuka Nagano, who was making her return after illness kept her out of Wednesday’s cup tie.

West Ham finished the game in the ascendency and arguably should have equalised in injury time.

As the clock ticked past 90, substitute Kirsty Smith delivered an inswinging corner that Micah could only fist to No. 9 Riko Ueki who, on the stretch, couldn’t convert from six yards out.

The result keeps Liverpool in seventh place, two points above Everton but 10 points off fourth-place Man City.

Liverpool’s focus is now on FA Cup glory. Next Sunday, they travel to play third-tier outfit Rugby Borough in the last 16 of the competition.

Player of the match: Taylor Hinds

Liverpool Women: Micah; Parry (Daniels 64′), Fisk, Clark, Evans, Hinds; Kerr (Nagano 75′), Hobinger (Bartel 59′), Holland; Smith, Kiernan (Roman Haug 64′)

Subs not used: Laws, Bonner, Shaw, Kapocs, Enderby

Next match: Rugby Borough (A) – FA Cup – Sunday, February 9, 12.30pm (GMT)

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Trent Alexander-Arnold is set to undergo a scan to assess the injury he suffered at Bournemouth, and the early hopes are that he has avoided serious damage.

Alexander-Arnold was forced off midway through the second half in Saturday’s 2-0 win after complaining of pain in his upper right leg.

The right-back required treatment on the pitch and was then replaced by Conor Bradley, with Arne Slot reflecting after the game that “it’s never a good sign if a player is asking for a substitution.”

“This is not a fact but I would be surprised if he plays on Thursday,” the head coach said, “but let’s hope he’s back with us as soon as possible.”

Liverpool will arrange a scan for their No. 66 on either Sunday or Monday, depending on how the initial injury settles, which should make him a doubt for the visit of Tottenham.

Trent Alexander-Arnold went off in the second-half with an upper leg injury.

Based off where he was palpating, as well as the physio's tests, it seems to be a quad injury.

Nothing to indicate a serious injury based off the game footage, and Slot added that he "felt something".… pic.twitter.com/cKvKSdTTCu

— Physio Scout | Football Injury Analysis (@physioscout) February 2, 2025

But Physio Scout, an injury analyst on X, has suggested that Alexander-Arnold’s issue should not be too severe and he could even return within a week.

“Based off where he was palpating, as well as the physio’s tests, it seems to be a quad injury,” they explained, with it “more likely a quad strain or just general tightness.”

The potential recovery time for tightness is less than a week, while a strain could keep Alexander-Arnold out for two to six weeks.

Physio Scout estimated that it was “more likely just quad tightness,” though “even if it is just discomfort, he’ll be racing the clock” to be in the squad for Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final.

If the scan backs up that speculative assessment, Alexander-Arnold could perhaps be back involved against Plymouth in the FA Cup fourth round next Sunday.

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That would likely have been a fixture pencilled in for Bradley, but with the Northern Irishman instead set to start against Tottenham in the second leg, Slot could turn to Joe Gomez for the FA Cup.

Alexander-Arnold, if available, could be reintegrated from the bench in that tie, with academy right-back Isaac Mabaya another potential option.

Naturally any official verdict on Alexander-Arnold’s fitness will need to wait until the results of a scan, but the early signs suggest it could be a fairly positive situation.

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Liverpool went nine points clear at the top of the Premier League with their 2-0 win over Bournemouth, and the away supporters were jubilant as they started to believe title No. 20 could be on the way.

Mo Salah‘s second goal was nearly as unexpected as it was brilliant.

Coming during a period of Bournemouth pressure, the goal was a showcase of why the Egyptian has been so important to Liverpool for the last seven-and-a-half years.

His strike, of course, sent the away section at the Vitality Stadium into raptures and the buoyant mood continued on the journey home.

Here, Chloe Bloxam (@ChloeBloxam) gives her reaction to Liverpool’s win from the coach home, while Sam Millne (@sam_millne) discusses some of the key talking points.

The good…

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CHLOE: It had everything you need in that game to win a league title.

It had the luck, and we rode our luck at times; it had the massive individual performances – Andy Robertson who I’ve been a little bit critical of this season, he was phenomenal.

Alisson, who’s had some criticism over the last couple of weeks, was incredible – a saviour today.

You had Mo Salah who was absolutely sensational and just does what he does, game in game out. And that finish, the way he just caresses it so effortlessly into the back of the net, he is on a different planet right now.

The midfield was boss but with that bit of luck that we had and the quality that we had, we also had grit determination and fight.

We had to do so much running and so many hard yards, because they are a brilliant side and they don’t give you a second of rest. Liverpool had to fight, they had to dig deep, they had to want it, and we definitely did all of that.

SAM: Saturday was never going to be an easy outing for Liverpool.

Thankfully, they had got the job done in Europe early so could come into this one refreshed. This seemed particularly noticeable in all three midfielders, who covered immense amounts of ground against a good team willing to commit men forward.

While Luis Diaz didn’t contribute to either of the Reds’ goals, he deserves a mention for the sheer amount of graft he put in going back towards his own goal.

Only Ryan Gravenberch (13) contested more duels than the Colombian, with Diaz winning five of his 11. He also made six recoveries in the game – only Gravenberch, Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai managed more.

The bad…

SAM: The performance as a whole was excellent, though as Chloe alludes to below, Bournemouth should have done better with their chances as they hit the woodwork twice.

Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s injury is the obvious other downside of the game. We don’t yet know the diagnosis, but it looked like a hamstring issue at first glance and, if that is the case, it would be the third time in 18 months he has missed football due to problems of this type.

That is conjecture, though. What we do know is that he is a doubt for the Tottenham game on Thursday. Thankfully, Conor Bradley is a more-than-able deputy!

CHLOE: We weren’t defensively excellent, we had to have big moments. That was perhaps the only negative, but I just felt like the game had absolutely everything.

Every side of Liverpool was on show. Every weapon that they had and they possess, they showed today. They showed that they can get through games of football, win by any means and fight through tough periods.

But they also showed how you can control, how you can dominate, how stars can make the difference and also, they showed that we are a team that can go on and win this title.

Is the feeling in the away end still apprehensive about the title or are we confident now?

CHLOE: The crowd believed, they’re starting to believe.

After the second goal, the bouts of ‘A Liverbird Upon My Chest’ were absolutely incredible. You can hear us start singing about the league, about being top of the league.

You can feel the belief building and it’s for the players on the pitch to stay humble to, keep up the work and to not think about it.

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It’s time for us as fans to start believing it, to start backing the players, because these players so far this season have given us absolutely no reason to doubt that they can come through the other side.

And I’m not going to go too early and say it’s ours, because it’s absolutely not. It’s not over but we’ve given ourselves an incredible foundation and we just need to keep riding the wave that we’re on and hopefully bounce into each and every single game and see what we can make of it.

But yeah, an absolutely incredible away end, an incredible away day and hopefully much more to come.

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Ryan Kent has had an interesting career since leaving Liverpool in 2019, but the winger’s imminent move to Iran is by far the most outrageous twist so far.

Kent has been a free agent since October, having left Fenerbahce in frustrating circumstances, but the 28-year-old is now set for a surprise move.

He is now closing in on a switch to Iranian side Persepolis, who compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League – and according to reports he was “convinced” by the most bizarre reason.

Turkish outlet As Marca claim that Kent’s decision to move to Iran was largely due to the fact it is “legal to keep crocodiles at home.”

While this is almost unbelievable, it seemingly bears weight given previous reports that the winger had advertised for a caretaker for a pet crocodile while living in Turkey.

In a Q&A on Rangers’ Instagram last year, captain James Tavernier revealed that the club’s inter-squad Secret Santa had to be scrapped after Kent gifted one of his teammates a snake.

“The gifts were going a bit too extreme!” he said.

If Kent is snapped up by Persepolis he will strangely be reunited with one of the Fenerbahce managers who rarely used him.

Ismail Kartal was appointed by the Tehran-based side earlier this week, with Kent having clocked just 774 minutes on the pitch in 18 appearances for the Turk before losing his place.

Kent was part of the academy at Liverpool for 15 years and went on to debut for the first team in the FA Cup draw with Exeter in 2016.

But while he had been on the fringes of Jurgen Klopp‘s senior side, following loans at Coventry, Barnsley, Freiburg, Bristol City and Rangers he made the permanent move to Glasgow in 2019.

Soon after leaving he claimed he had been “lied to” by Liverpool during his efforts to join Rangers, having spent pre-season effectively on standby.

He settled in Scotland but, with his contract up in 2023, he left for Fenerbahce, where he made only 19 appearances and, having been frozen out by Jose Mourinho, saw his contract terminated in October of last year.

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