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Liverpool in for Konstantinos Tzolakis

Liverpool are looking at a deal for Olympiakos goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis, says Arena Napoli. They’re reporting on Napoli’s interest in the 23-year-old and it seems there’s a battle for the player.

Arsenal are also in for Tzolakis, with his club wanting around €20m to get a deal done. Olympiakos owner, Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, is hoping the interest from the Premier League pair is real, given they’d almost certainly end up paying far more than Napoli.

But it’s a surprising one from Liverpool. Tzolakis will surely only move somewhere that he has a proper pathway to the first-team but the Reds have both Alisson Becker and Giorgi Mamardashvili in the way.

Alisson’s contract does expire next year, however. It could be that Tzolaki is a replacement for the Brazilian - someone who could rival Mamardashvili for a first-team place.

It feels like a real gamble, though. €20m for a Greek Super League goalkeeper to potentially be the no1? It doesn’t necessarily fit in with Liverpool’s transfer plans of late.