Liverpool have reached an agreement with Bournemouth to sign Milos Kerkez in a deal worth around £40million ($54m).
A medical is expected to take place next week ahead of the left-back signing a five-year contract at Anfield, with the deal now moving to the paperwork stage following club-to-club agreement.
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Bournemouth have already completed the signing of left-back Adrien Truffert from Rennes this summer, having also signed Argentina under-23 international Julio Soler in the position in the winter transfer window.
The Athletic reported in the DealSheet on June 3 that Liverpool were targeting Kerkez following a breakout 2024-25 season.
Speaking to The Athletic in March, the 21-year-old Hungary international stated his desire to play at the “highest level” and contest for silverware.
“As a kid, you dream to play at the highest level, win the trophies, be on the best teams,” Kerkez said. “These are the things that my agent is on. My dad is on. It is not something that they occupy me with because the season is still going, so there’s no point talking about anything.”
Kerkez, joined Bournemouth from AZ for around £15.5million ($20m) in July 2023, and made 67 appearances for the south coast club across two seasons.
He started all 38 of Bournemouth’s Premier League matches during the 2024-25 campaign, providing six goals and two assists.
The full-back previously helped AZ to a fourth-place Eredivisie finish in 2022-23, alongside a semi-final appearance in that season’s Conference League.
He has made 23 appearances for Hungary since his senior debut in 2022.
Kerkez an ideal Robertson successor
Analysis by Mark Carey
If peak Kerkez were to be pitted against peak Robertson, the contest would be far more tightly fought — but it is fair to say that an energetic 21-year-old would be an upgrade on a 31-year-old entering the twilight of his career.
No Liverpool fan can be anything but glowing in their praise of Robertson in a red shirt, but his powers are waning compared with previous seasons as more defensive mistakes crept into his game last season. Kerkez’s relentless attacking mindset means that he can be guilty of switching off defensively himself at times, but as a player who is yet to reach his peak years there is plenty of opportunity to improve his positioning out of possession.
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Going forward, there is little doubting Kerkez’s relentless runs forward — dovetailing excellently with his respective left winger with underlapping or overlapping runs to stretch the opposition defence. Across Europe’s top seven leagues (as shown below), and you will struggle to find a player more active in making such underlapping runs. As The Athletic has previously analysed, underlapping runs were a key factor in helping Liverpool’s forwards to operate last season — either by dragging an opponent out of shape or offering a passing option to cross from the byline. In that regard, Kerkez’s arrival will be seamless for Arne Slot’s side.
What you cannot not replace is Robertson’s leadership. The Scotland captain is crucial for keep both spirits and standards high in Liverpool’s squad, and he would be justified in pointing to his winners medals — including two Premier Leagues and a Champions League — in showing what it means to have an elite mentality.
Robertson’s name should be etched into Liverpool’s history for his service to the club, but Kerkez’s name represents the future.
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