Coventry City transfer news: Liverpool make 'initial contact' for Frank Lampard summer target

Liverpool are reportedly funny successful securing a woody for AC Milan defender Fikayo Tomori.

With conscionable 11 months remaining connected his declaration astatine San Siro, the England planetary has been made disposable for transfer.

Once that became apparent, it was allegedly Coventry City who expressed the astir involvement successful attracting the 28-year-old backmost to the Premier League.

Sky Blues brag Frank Lampard knows Tomori from their clip astatine Chelsea, and the versatile defender would person apt go archetypal prime astatine the CBS Arena.

However, arsenic per TuttoJuve, it is Liverpool who are present regarded arsenic 1 of the frontrunners.

Liverpool marque astonishment Tomori bid

The study claims that Liverpool person already held aboriginal discussions with AC Milan to find whether agreeing a woody is plausible.

New brag Andoni Iraola had already wanted to motion a caller centre-back earlier Joe Gomez suffered an wounded successful a caller pre-season friendly.

Iraola is said to beryllium successful the marketplace for a defender who is experienced and versatile, idiosyncratic precise overmuch successful the mould of Tomori.

While talks are not astatine an precocious stage, Liverpool are funny successful adding the Serie A rubric victor to their elder ranks for 2026-27.

A erstwhile study has claimed that AC Milan's hierarchy would see proposals between €15m (£12.8m) and €20m (£17.07m).

Tomori the perfect signing for Liverpool?

Such has been Liverpool's antiaircraft additions crossed the past twelvemonth oregon truthful that Jeremy Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni are viewed arsenic a imaginable semipermanent concern erstwhile Virgil van Dijk nary longer represents the Merseyside giants.

Both of the prospects indispensable flooded caller superior wounded issues and acclimatise to English shot earlier they tin marque that benignant of step.

In the abbreviated term, Liverpool necessitate a replacement for Ibrahima Konate and idiosyncratic who tin instrumentality connected a akin relation to that of Gomez, who has an past of wounded issues.

Tomori has the credentials to capable that void, the erstwhile Chelsea youngster having made 214 appearances for AC Milan and racked up 32 Champions League outings during his career.

Although Liverpool fans volition beryllium justified successful not wanting to spot Tomori go archetypal prime astatine Anfield, helium tin capable a spread successful the abbreviated word and supply screen astatine full-back.