Liverpool transfer news and rumours

All the latest transfer news and speculation from Liverpool football club.

CONFIRMED TRANSFERS IN:

Glen Johnson, undisclosed

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Aaron King, undisclosed

CONFIRMED TRANSFERS OUT:

Astrit Ajdarevic, free

Paul Anderson, £250k

Jack Hobbs, undisclosed

Sami Hyypia, free

Jermaine Pennant, released

SPECULATION:

8 July: Rafa Benitez, the Liverpool manager, looks to have won his battle to keep Xabi Alonso after Real Madrid's sporting director Jorge Valdano suggested the club were being priced out of signing the Spain international midfielder.

7 July: Real Madrid are believed to want any move for Liverpool's Xabi Alonso sorted out in the next fortnight. The Spanish giants, who have yet to make an official bid for the midfielder, have set a time limit on their interest, according to sources close to the Bernabeu club.

5 July: The IoS transfer-merry go-round: a comprehensive list of players linked in the past week to your club; plus those who have signed on the dotted line.

2 July: Barcelona are set to launch a £25m bid for Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano, according to reports today. Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has been resolute in his desire to hold on to the Argentina international, but reports from Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportiva allege he had given Barcelona permission to make an offer.

1 July: Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli insists the Serie A giants are not interested in signing Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso.