Leverkusen set to accelerate Quansah interest

Bayer Leverkusen are acceptable to accelerate their involvement successful Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah.

Leverkusen and Liverpool person been locked successful talks implicit the Premier League club's £116 cardinal determination for Florian Wirtz, which could beryllium completed by the commencement of adjacent week with the Germany international's aesculapian imminent.

The clubs person continued interaction regarding Quansah, though Liverpool are not actively trying to merchantability the centre-back.

The 22-year-old recovered his first-team opportunities constricted past play and a determination could involvement the defender, who has been named successful elder England squads.

Liverpool person an involvement successful Crystal Palace skipper Marc Guehi, who could beryllium viewed arsenic a replacement for Quansah.

BBC Sport understands that the Anfield club's level of involvement successful England planetary Guehi this summertime is linked to Palace's asking terms for the defender.

Last year, Palace rejected 4 offers from Newcastle with the last 1 reaching £65m. However, Guehi has conscionable 12 months near connected his woody meaning helium tin permission for thing adjacent summer.

If a woody for Guehi tin not beryllium reached during this transportation window, Liverpool would beryllium funny successful landing the centre-back connected a escaped adjacent summer.

In summation to Quansah's imaginable determination to Germany, determination is besides immoderate uncertainty implicit chap centre-back Ibrahima Konate's future.

France defender Konate has 12 months near connected his declaration astatine Anfield and is yet to hold an extension, portion Joe Gomez's aboriginal is besides unclear this summer.