FSG must capitalize on Liverpool’s failure to earn more than Gakpo & Diaz

Liverpool they reached a critical point in their season, s Arne SlottThe team is firing on all cylinders on the field, but faces troubling issues elsewhere.

We all know what those problems are: contracts – or, more precisely, their impending expiration dates. It’s an issue that threatens to dominate this crucial stage of a potentially successful campaign, but these aren’t the only exits that could happen this year.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is the Liverpool player most likely to leave for pastures new, but let’s take a look at some of the lesser-known transfer rumors that could take firm form this month or towards the summer market.

Who could Liverpool sell in 2025?

If Virgil van Dijk or Mohamed Salah leave this year, it is almost certain that their contracts will expire at the end of the season. However, Alexander-Arnold’s case is different, with Real Madrid pushing to complete the deal.

Paul Joyce of the Times meanwhile revealed that Los Blancos are launching a number of bids to take the right-back away from Merseyside this month, willing to pay around £20m for his services.

Richard Hughes must have more files on his desk, s Federico Chiesa unhappy on Merseyside after he arrives from Juventus for just £12.5m in the summer. As a result, the 27-year-old Italian suffered injuries start only one game in all competitions.

Joe Gomez was on the verge of signing for Newcastle United in the summer before talks broke down, and he, Liverpool’s longest-serving first-team player, could look for a new challenge at the end of the season.

However, it is Darwin Nunez whose name has recently surfaced as a potential departure. The Uruguayan international has since struggled to reach top form completing a club record £85m transfer in 2022leaving Benfica looking for riches on English shores but failing to meet the price.

Darwin Nunez’s future at Liverpool

Nunez has failed to secure a regular starting position at Liverpool, and given that he is nearing the business end of his third season in the Premier League, this is worrying.

Still only 25, he is blessed with physicality and pace, but fails to bring the floating aspects of his skill set together into something coherent and directable towards the number nine position.

There will come a point where Slott’s patience will wear thin and Nunez will find himself estranged from the starting line-up, especially with Diogo Jota set and firing and Luis Diaz scored six goals in five matches in an improvised role as a central striker this term.

That point may be coming. Talk about a potential offer from AC Milan has been denied in recent days, although it does point to an uncertain future for the polarizing goalscorer at Anfield.

Why Liverpool should sell Darwin Nunez

Every devoted Liverpool fan has at least at one point been in love with the crazy football of Nunez. His chaos and energy were perfect at the forefront of Klopp’s system, but wastefulness in front of goal was a recurring theme throughout his career.

Now, with Slott as head coach, the Uruguayan star has seen his influence decline, after he scored only four goals and three assists of 23 appearances in 2024/25. He has only started 13 times but still offers less than Jota and Diaz at number nine.

Salah will hopefully extend his storied career at Liverpool, but with him turning 33 this summer, it’s likely that potential will begin to wane in the coming years.

Liverpool need a top-class centre-forward to ease the burden on the right winger, and FSG simply won’t approve the type of move the Reds need without sending Nunez off.

After all, the club’s record signing he takes home a healthy £140k a weekmeaning that only Salah and Chiesa take home more than him. It’s something that Gakpo – who earns £120k a week – Jota and Diaz will surely harbor some level of distaste for.

Diaz, for example, reportedly earns just £55,000 a week for the Anfield side. Talks have been held in recent months to determine whether an extension would be possible, although the parties concerned appear to be at an impasse.

What is most frustrating is that Liverpool, especially in the English league, have struggled to consistently get a tune out of Nunez. Even now, in his third season, there are no visible significant improvements. He’s less spendthrift, judging by the numbers, but his more rational role under Sloto’s management still isn’t producing results.

Given that Liverpool was linked with in-form Premier League striker Alexander Isak recently it would seem ridiculous to persist with Nunez if any suitors – perhaps Milan – are ready to take him off Sloto’s hands.

Bringing in a new goalscorer would only lift Liverpool’s first team if that player is indeed thoroughly scouted, but FSG will want to right their wrongs and this could be a series of transfers that must happen this year.