Liverpool transfer news: Andoni Iraola 'makes decision' over Reds former £16m signing

By Seye Omidiora | 10 Aug 2026 19:29, Last updated: 10 Aug 2026 20:07

Wataru Endo's aboriginal astatine Liverpool is reportedly nether information by the Anfield outfit, with respective clubs believed to beryllium funny successful the 33-year-old. 

Endo featured successful Liverpool's pre-season 3-2 affable defeat to Monaco, marking his archetypal quality for the Reds since returning from an ankle wounded successful February.

The 33-year-old midfielder's fittingness struggles unluckily saw him miss retired connected representing Japan astatine the 2026 World Cup, which yet led to his status from planetary football.

Following constricted engagement implicit the past 12 months, Endo has seemingly tumbled down the pecking bid astatine Anfield.

As a result, the experienced midfielder is not considered a salient portion of Andoni Iraola's semipermanent plans up of the upcoming Premier League campaign.

Liverpool 'willing' to offload Endo earlier deadline

According to Football Insider, Liverpool are actively prepared to merchantability Endo earlier the extremity of the summertime transportation model to wide captious abstraction successful their squad.

The Merseyside nine person reportedly been contacted by a fig of perchance funny sides to marque them afloat alert of his abrupt availability.

Endo made a specified 12 appearances crossed each competitions past season, with lone 3 of those coming arsenic a starter.

With his existent declaration acceptable to expire successful 2027, the hierarchy connected the reddish fractional of Merseyside presumption this transportation model arsenic their last accidental to unafraid a respectable transportation interest for the player.

Which English clubs could people the midfielder?

Endo has consistently retained a agelong database of admirers successful England and crossed Europe since arriving from Stuttgart 3 years ago.

The supra root suggests that relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United, arsenic good arsenic Premier League outfit Fulham, person antecedently registered factual involvement and could present beryllium tempted to motorboat an authoritative bid.

According to Transfermarkt, AC Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt and Celtic were besides antecedently credited with an involvement successful the experienced midfielder, adjacent if nary factual involvement has truthful acold materialised aft erstwhile keenness connected the erstwhile Stuttgart man.

Despite being mostly contented during his spell connected Merseyside, the antiaircraft midfielder is present reportedly keen to depart successful hunt of regular first-team football.