Liverpool weigh up offer for Chelsea defender Colwill

Jacque Talbot

• 12 Jul 2023 11:45 BST
• 3 min read

Confirmed

Liverpool are weighing up an offer for Levi Colwill but would need the defender to push a move away from Chelsea.

We can confirm that the 20-year-old is now the club’s top target for the centre-back role and the side are considering making a bid for him later in the transfer window.

The club will only make a move if they receive encouragement from the player’s side. Chelsea’s stance has always been that their youngster is not for sale, while the club have knocked back approaches from Brighton.

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Colwill would have to put in a transfer request to see a deal go through, but we are told that Liverpool have already had talks with his camp over a proposed switch.

The Blues have already sold one of their homegrown talents this window, with Mason Mount moving to Manchester United for £50million plus add-ons.

Chelsea say Colwill stays

Chelsea are adamant that Colwill will be playing at Stamford Bridge next season and so it is believed that a move to Liverpool is unlikely, withstanding a massive push from Colwill himself.

If a move did take place it would be nearing the record fee for a defender which remains Man Utd’s accepted offer of £79m for Harry Maguire in 2019.

Colwill is open to a move away and thoroughly enjoyed his time at Brighton, who have Chelsea target Moises Caicedo still on their roster.

Brighton have asked for near to £100m for the midfielder this window but there is an expectation that he will make the move to west London this summer.

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After achieving the Under-21s European Championship for England in Georgia last week, Colwill spoke about his future.

He said: “I’ll speak to my family, speak to everyone I need to and make a decision. “I’ve got to play at the end of the day to hopefully get there [England senior team] and go to the next camp.”

Mauricio Pochettino is set to hold talks with the defender when he returns to pre-season.