With Liverpool already looking a little light in midfield following the sale of Curtis Jones to Inter Milan after the 25-year-old Scouser sought a move away from the club, a lot of fans would have been hoping for news of potential incomings before the transfer window slammed shut.
What they got instead Monday evening was word Nottingham Forest had submitted a £30M bid with £25M gaurunteed for talented 19-year-old midfielder Trey Nyoni, who impressed in pre-season for new head coach Andoni Iraola and
was expected to be in his first team plans this season.
The upside is that almost immediately that news was followed up by confirmation that Liverpool had rejected the bid. More than that, the club have signalled that they won’t consider any approach for Nyoni because he is in fact in Iraola’s first team plans for the 2026-27 season.
Liverpool signed Nyoni out of Leicester City’s academy in 2023, eventually paying around £1M after the case was sent to tribunal. The young midfielder has made 20 first team appearances to date over his three seasons at the club, with 14 of those (with six in the league) coming last season.
Nyoni was often deployed as the deepest midfielder, taking on the role Ryan Gravenberch will be expected to fill most often for the Reds this season, and with no further midfield signings expected at the moment it does seem likely he will see significant first team action over the next year.
