Within days, talks to sign a Liverpool defender could result in a record-breaking deal thanks to a “transfer attack.”
After maintaining their Bundesliga status for an additional year, German team Mainz has announced plans to launch a “transfer attack” for Liverpool defender Sepp van den Berg. BILD claims to have made the young player from Liverpool a “priority” signing for the upcoming summer. Van den Berg joined Mainz on loan from Liverpool this season, where he quickly became a mainstay in the first team, making 33 appearances in the Bundesliga and accounting for 93% of the playing time. He was especially strong during Mainz’s last stretch of the season, when they had the best record in the league with just eight goals allowed in 12 games. That allowed them to maintain their Bundesliga status, and now that they have done so, Mainz plans to speak with Liverpool in “the next days” over the
that he would set you back €10 million, making him the most costly signing the club has ever made. Since Mainz wants to sign both a striker and a central midfielder, it is now unclear if they would be able or willing to pay that sum. Van den Berg is on their side since he would gladly stay where he is, but they have already missed their chance to use a first refusal that expired at the conclusion of the season. It appears that negotiations with Liverpool are now necessary, and they are scheduled to begin in the upcoming days.