Liverpool and Kostas Tsimikas are but to determine on the left-back’s subsequent vacation spot, with a brand new report claiming he “desires to hitch a membership who can provide European soccer.”
Following Milos Kerkez‘s arrival and discuss of an Andy Robertson exit dying down, Liverpool now have a surplus of senior left-backs.
Tsimikas is by far the most certainly of him and Robertson to go away, with the Athletic‘s James Pearce reporting that he “is anticipated to go away earlier than the top of the window.”
The Merseyside journalist added that Tsimikas “desires to hitch a membership who can provide European soccer and is extra prone to transfer overseas somewhat than stay within the Premier League.”
Liverpool would favor a everlasting deal, however with the switch window coming in direction of its finish, claims that they’d settle for a mortgage have gotten extra prevalent.
Greek reporter Yannis Chorianopoulos wrote for Sportime that “till a number of days in the past, Tsimikas had no plans to return to Greece,” however this could now “not be dominated out.”
Tsimikas’ former membership Olympiacos, who will play within the Champions League this season, are the workforce linked, and though they’re “not in pole place, what appeared nearly unlikely is now a risk,” Chorianopoulos added.
The 29-year-old’s contract doesn’t expire till 2027, so there’s nonetheless one other summer time wherein Liverpool might recoup a price for a participant who price them £11.75 million.
It’s anticipated that Liverpool are looking for about £15m for Tsimikas this yr, if he had been to go away on a everlasting foundation.
What Kostas Tsimikas has mentioned about his future
Again in Might, Tsimikas made clear he wasn’t keen to go away however admitted there’s “positively a temptation to play extra.”
He instructed Sport 24: “For me, the 27-29 video games I play yearly in all competitions are greater than taking part in 40 for one more workforce and in one other league.
“Right here I’m on the Broadway of soccer.
“I’m comfortable right here, for 5 years I’ve all the time been pleased with these gamers I had by my aspect and with the jersey I wore.
“It’s very tough to succeed in such a degree, to play in 27 video games in a season with a Liverpool shirt.
“If you concentrate on it, not all gamers play 50 video games, some play 50, others 10, others play 5. I feel 27 video games I performed on common during the last 4 years is an efficient quantity.
“I’d positively prefer to play extra, however from then on on this league, with this workforce I used to be all the time comfortable and I all the time gave my greatest, so I used to be OK with the video games I performed.”
