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  • 4 days ago | nytimes.com | David Ornstein |Carl Anka |James McNicholas |James Pearce

    Welcome to the fourth edition of The Athletic’s Transfer DealSheet for the summer 2025 transfer window. Our team of dedicated writers, including David Ornstein, will take you inside the market to explain the deals being worked on. The mini-window ahead of the Club World Cup closed earlier this month, but the regular summer transfer window opened last week and will now run until September 1. The information found within this article has been gathered according to The Athletic’s sourcing guidelines.

  • 5 days ago | nytimes.com | James Pearce |Elias Burke

    Liverpool defender Nat Phillips is undergoing a medical today ahead of completing a permanent transfer to West Bromwich Albion. The 28-year-old centre-back, who had one year remaining on his contract at Anfield, had attracted interest from several Championship clubs following a productive loan spell at Derby County last season. However, new West Brom head coach Ryan Mason has won the race to secure his services.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | James Pearce

    Liverpool are close to completing the £1.5 million ($2m) signing of young Hungarian goalkeeper Armin Pecsi from Puskas Akademia. The Premier League champions believe the 20-year-old has real potential and will provide further depth to a goalkeeping department which is undergoing a number of changes this summer.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | James Pearce

    Liverpool Under-21s head coach Barry Lewtas is leaving the club after 12 years of service. Lewtas has aspirations of becoming a manager at senior level and believes the time is right to pursue "a new adventure". He started off as under-12s coach at Liverpool before working his way up the ranks.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | James Pearce |Jordan Campbell

    Manchester City's shake-up of their backroom staff is continuing with the addition of James French from Liverpool. Portugal-born French, who has worked as an opposition analyst for Liverpool since 2012, is set to take up a role at the Etihad focused on set-piece coaching and analysis. He initially joined Liverpool during Brendan Rodgers' reign as manager and went on to become an integral part of the club's analysis department under both Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot.

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