{"id":657027,"date":"2025-07-16T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=657027"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:14:01","slug":"liverpool-close-in-will-wright-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/07\/16\/liverpool-close-in-will-wright-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Close in on New Striker – Several Premier League Clubs Interested"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool enjoyed a memorable 2024\/25 campaign, winning the Premier League by a 10-point margin. As they prepare to defend their title and push further in the Champions League, the club is understandably looking to strengthen the squad. According to reports from <\/span>Alex Crook<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Ben Jacobs<\/span><\/a>, The Merseyside giants are closing in on a new striker, with Salford City striker Will Wright close to joining <\/span>Liverpool.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool Look to Strengthen Further After Title-Winning Season<\/h2>\n

Salford Striker Will Wright Linked with Move to Anfield<\/h3>\n

Ahead of the 2025\/26 season, Liverpool have signed Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and \u00c1rmin P\u00e9csi. It appears the Reds are buying for now; they also have one eye on the future, with Liverpool closing in on signing Salford City attacking youngster Will Wright. A six-figure sum is mentioned, with Liverpool in advanced talks for the player.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to their ongoing interest in Alexander Isak, <\/span>David Ornstein <\/span><\/a>reports that Liverpool <\/span>are<\/span> also interested in Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike.<\/span><\/p>\n

It appears Newcastle want to keep Isak and sign Ekitike, but they could lose Isak to Liverpool, who have made him a priority for Arne Slot’s team. Ekitike appears to be the second choice for the Merseysiders, which puts Newcastle in a challenging position.<\/p>\n

Will Wright to Liverpool<\/h3>\n

The move for Wright is unexpected but clearly one for the future. The 17-year-old has just 80 minutes of senior action for Salford, but is highly regarded. He recently showcased his talent by scoring twice in a friendly against FC United of Manchester, helping secure a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n

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It’s clear Liverpool are still actively looking to improve their attacking depth, making it likely that Wright will initially join up with the under-21 squad. This is a low-risk, potentially huge-reward transfer for the current Premier League champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool enjoyed a memorable 2024\/25 campaign, winning the Premier League by a 10-point margin. As they prepare to defend their title and push further in the Champions League, the club is understandably looking to strengthen the squad. According to reports from Alex Crook and Ben Jacobs, The Merseyside giants are closing in on a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":650433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[30,16,3,7188],"tags":[7298,32506],"class_list":["post-657027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-liverpool","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-liverpool-transfer-rumours","tag-will-wright"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657027","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\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657027"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":657033,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657027\/revisions\/657033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}