Future of £43m Liverpool transfer target made clear | OneFootball

Liverpool haven't been anywhere near as busy as everyone expected them to be this summer.

The Anfield outfit were meant to have a massive overhaul of their ranks and rebuild their team from the ground up.

Indeed, the Reds did spent over £450 million on new players during the 2025-26 season but, for one reason or another, things just never really clicked.

This led to Andoni Iraola being appointed as Liverpool's new head coach which felt like the start of a new beginning.

However, fast forward to now and only two new players have been added.

This is miles away from where Liverpool need to be and now, the fact that they're being linked with several new players every other day is hardly surprising.

Change is clearly needed at Anfield but, with how competitive and inflated the market is at the moment, there's no guarantee that the moves Liverpool need to make will be completed.

However, it's clear that some deals for players they're being linked with will need to get done soon, otherwise, they may have no choice but to move on.

Francisco Conceciao sees Chelsea as a better move for himself than Liverpool

Liverpool desperately need new attackers to be added to their ranks.

One of the Reds' main problems last season was the lack of chances that they managed to convert.

And, with Hugo Ekitike side-lined until who knows when, it means that one of Liverpool's main goal scorers will be absent from Iraola's plans for a decent chunk of the season.

This has been common knowledge at Liverpool ever since Mohamed Salah announced that he was leaving with fans believing that changes would be made to their ranks almost instantly.

However, we're now over a month into the summer transfer window and only one attacker has been brought in.

Indeed, several have been linked with potential moves but, unless these negotiations or links lead to a concrete deal, they'll all be for nothing.

And now, as per a fresh update from La Gazzetta dello Sport, it seems like Francisco Conceicao, a player who has been linked with a £43 million move to Liverpool for a while, has now made a decision on his future.

"Juve and Chelsea, in short, could return to the negotiating table very soon, after having floated a deal for Cambiaso at the beginning of the summer," they wrote.

"Conceiçao would like to stay in Turin, but he knows the rules of the transfer market well: Carnevali must sell a top player, and there are some interesting offers for the winger.

"Mendes has good relations with Chelsea and Liverpool, but less so with United, who have made inquiries with Juve. Chelsea might be the most appealing option for Conceiçao, who could then intensify discussions between Juve and Chelsea over the defender, too."

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Liverpool need to figure out which attackers they want to sign before it's too late

Liverpool still have around a month left to sign all of the players that they need to.

If they choose against bringing anyone in and end up sticking with their current crop of players, it's unlikely that things will end well.

Iraola is expected to make a massive difference at Anfield this season but, without a fair few more players being brought in, there's no way that he'll be able to do that.

At the moment, Conceicao feels like the most likely player to join Liverpool but, if he has his heart set on staying with Juventus or joining Chelsea, that's yet another player off the market.

If Liverpool don't get their act together and start getting deals over the line, they're going to be left in a rather precarious situation.

And, after the campaign they've just had, they can't really afford to do much worse.