{"id":253387,"date":"2026-07-17T14:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/liverpool-hold-extensive-discussion-to-sign-rayan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:10:55","slug":"liverpool-hold-extensive-discussion-to-sign-rayan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/liverpool-hold-extensive-discussion-to-sign-rayan\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool hold extensive discussion to sign Rayan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/liverpool\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"Liverpool news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> have reportedly held extensive discussions to sign AFC Bournemouth star Rayan, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/transfer-news-rayan-enquiry-130m-clause-bournemouth-sale-stance-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">TEAMtalk<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After being impressed by his performances for Vasco da Gama, the Cherries decided to purchase the 19-year-old, having allowed Antoine Semenyo to join <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/man-city-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Man City news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> last winter.<\/p>\n<p>In 57 appearances across all competitions, the youngster scored 20 goals and registered a solitary assist last year.<\/p>\n<p>Rayan took no time to adapt to the <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"21\" title=\"Premier League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>\u2019s physicality, scoring five goals and registering two assists in 15 appearances last campaign.<\/p>\n<p>After showing glimpses of his qualities in the English top-flight, Rayan secured his place in Brazil\u2019s World Cup squad. He helped his country reach the last-16 before losing to Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <em>TEAMtalk<\/em> claim that following <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/mohamed-salah\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"37\" title=\"mohamed salah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohamed Salah<\/a>\u2019s departure, Liverpool are prioritising purchasing a marquee new forward this summer. RB Leipzig star Yan Diomande is their primary target, but he has decided to join Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<p>They have been continuing negotiations over this deal, with the German side wanting a Bundesliga <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/transfer-rumours\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Transfer rumours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer<\/a> record fee of around \u00a3124m to part ways with the Ivory Coast international.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds are hoping that Les Parisiens would be open to cashing-in on Bradley Barcola if they sign Diomande. Apart from the Frenchman, Liverpool are also interested in Said El Mala, Yankuba Minteh, Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Iliman Ndiaye.<\/p>\n<h2>Rayan to Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p>However, the report state that Andoni Iraola\u2019s side are firmly in the race to sign Rayan and have already held talks to enquire about the details of signing him.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard helped the Brazilian settle into the Vitality Stadium last season before joining Liverpool, and the Anfield club have discussed extensively with their new manager to sign the youngster.<\/p>\n<p>Iraola is a huge admirer of Rayan, but Liverpool will have to overcome stiff competition to seal the deal as Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich have also been keeping a close eye on his situation.<\/p>\n<p>Having recently signed the South American, Bournemouth have no intention of parting ways with him. His existing deal is set to run until 2031, and he has a \u00a3130m release clause in his deal. The clause won\u2019t become active until 2027; therefore, Marco Rose\u2019s side have full control over his future in this window.<\/p>\n<p>Rayan is a left-footed right-winger like Salah and could be a shrewd acquisition for Liverpool should they purchase him.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Football Talk | Premier League News\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/235304\/liverpool-hold-extensive-discussion-to-sign-rayan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have reportedly held extensive discussions to sign AFC Bournemouth star Rayan, as per TEAMtalk. After being impressed by his performances for Vasco da Gama, the Cherries decided to purchase the 19-year-old, having allowed Antoine Semenyo to join Manchester City last winter. In 57 appearances across all competitions, the youngster scored 20 goals and registered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}