{"id":625674,"date":"2023-07-28T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625674"},"modified":"2023-07-28T08:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:03:02","slug":"fabinho-liverpool-al-ittihad-transfer-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/28\/fabinho-liverpool-al-ittihad-transfer-update\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Agreement on the Verge of Being Completed\u2019: \u2018World-Class\u2019 Liverpool Star \u2018Very Close\u2019 to Summer Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Ittihad and Liverpool are on the verge of completing a deal for Brazilian midfielder Fabinho. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1684835330476605440\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, the two clubs have been in negotiations, and it appears that an agreement is close to being finalized.<\/p>\n<h2>Fabinho Set to Seal Transfer to Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Understand Al Ittihad and Liverpool are closing in on Fabinho deal. Agreement on verge of being completed \ud83d\udd34\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LFC<\/a> still cautious as documents have to be checked but it\u2019s v close.<\/p>\n<p>Fabinho will undergo medical soon, if all goes to plan. Three year deal agreed with the player. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V5kz7lMRuz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/V5kz7lMRuz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1684835330476605440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Liverpool Midfield Overhaul Continues<\/h3>\n<p>The Brazilian will join <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/19\/jordan-henderson-liverpool-al-ettifaq-agreement\/\" target=\"_self\">Jordan Henderson<\/a>, who has completed his move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq, in leaving the Reds. Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have also not seen their contracts renewed after struggling with injuries throughout their time in Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, James Milner has joined Brighton, to bolster a midfield that has seen Alexis Mac Allister move in the opposite direction this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/26\/liverpool-romeo-lavia-green-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Wants to Join Liverpool\u2019: \u2018Perfect\u2019 Star Green Lights Anfield Move With Bid Already Made<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dominik Szoboszlai has arrived from RB Leipzig and at least one more midfield arrival is expected. It might not be long before we see a deal for Southampton&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/27\/arsenal-interest-in-romeo-lavia-clarified\/\" target=\"_self\">Romeo Lavia<\/a> completed.<\/p>\n<h3>Deal \u2018Very Close&#8217; to Completion<\/h3>\n<p>Once all the necessary checks and formalities are completed, the 29-year-old is expected to undergo a medical examination. This assessment is a crucial step in the transfer process, ensuring that the player is fit and healthy to embark on his new journey with <em>Al-Numoor<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If a deal for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicworld.com\/sports-news\/football-news\/thiago-alcantara-all-praise-for-liverpool-teammate-fabinho-hes-a-world-class-player.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;world-class&#8221;<\/a> player, who has 29 caps for his country, does go through he will become teammates with former Celtic winger Jota, Karim Benzema, and N&#8217;Golo Kante, who have all joined the Saudi league champions ahead of the coming season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong>How Jurgen Klopp Will Rebuild Liverpool?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Jurgen Klopp Will REBUILD Liverpool\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OZNciZYQUTE?start=30&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will happily recoup most of the \u00a343.7 million they paid to acquire Fabinho from AS Monaco in 2018. The player had been a critical player for much of his time at the club, but his performance levels fell off significantly last season and he looked a shadow of himself compared to previous campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>The defensive midfielder will join a host of other big names in Saudi Arabia, with the likes of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Marcelo Brozovic, Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves, and Edouard Mendy all sealing transfers to the Arab state this summer, joining Cristiano Ronaldo who joined in January.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cchana\/52133449522\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cchana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Ittihad and Liverpool are on the verge of completing a deal for Brazilian midfielder Fabinho. According to Fabrizio Romano, the two clubs have been in negotiations, and it appears that an agreement is close to being finalized. Fabinho Set to Seal Transfer to Saudi Arabia Understand Al Ittihad and Liverpool are closing in on Fabinho [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4692,"featured_media":625298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,7188],"tags":[1199,7298],"class_list":["post-625674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-fabinho","tag-liverpool-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}