{"id":40823,"date":"2026-02-02T14:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/deal-approved-fabrizio-romano-confirms-big-decision-for-liverpool-transfer-target\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:02:33","slug":"deal-approved-fabrizio-romano-confirms-big-decision-for-liverpool-transfer-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/deal-approved-fabrizio-romano-confirms-big-decision-for-liverpool-transfer-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Deal approved: Fabrizio Romano confirms big decision for Liverpool transfer target"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/deal-approved-fabrizio-romano-confirms-big-decision-for-liverpool-transfer-target\/#Dayot_Upamecanos_decision_could_be_a_blow_to_Liverpool\" >Dayot Upamecano&#8217;s decision could be a blow to Liverpool<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/deal-approved-fabrizio-romano-confirms-big-decision-for-liverpool-transfer-target\/#Liverpool_defender_substitutes\" >Liverpool defender substitutes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Dayot Upamecano in action during Bayern vs. Hamburg (Photo by Selim Sudheimer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bayern Munich centre-back Dayot Upamecano has reportedly approved a new contract with the club despite his links with Liverpool and other clubs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The France international is in the final year of his contract with Bayern and there has been much speculation about his future.<\/p>\n<p>However, manager Fabrizio Romano has written to X to end speculation, saying Upamecano will stay and sign a new contract at the Allianz Arena.<\/p>\n<p>See below for more information\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Romano posted: &#8220;Dayot Upamecano approves new contract with Bayern, informing interested clubs! He will soon sign a new contract with FC Bayern. We are delighted that this is a big boost for the club after a huge effort on the part of the club and the player.&#8221; <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">    It is valid until 2030. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dayot_Upamecanos_decision_could_be_a_blow_to_Liverpool\"><\/span>Dayot Upamecano&#8217;s decision could be a blow to Liverpool<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We previously reported that Liverpool were interested in Upamecano, and Christian Falk also reported in one of our columns here, but it looks like the Reds will now miss out on the 27-year-old.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dayot Upamecano plays for Bayern (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is by no means ideal for LFC, who are in need of a major overhaul in defence, with Ibrahima Konate nearing the end of his contract at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>Virgil van Dijk, on the other hand, is not getting any younger, so a talented player like Upamecano may need to come in soon to become the new key player in Arne Slott&#8217;s backline.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bayern fans will be happy because Upamecano can put speculation behind him and focus on getting back to his best.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liverpool_defender_substitutes\"><\/span>Liverpool defender substitutes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It will be interesting to see who else Liverpool sign, but one of the most likely names is Rennes youngster Jeremy Jacquet.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic claim that Liverpool are closing in on a talented young French player who could join in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Liverpool could definitely see at least one new centre-back arrive in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dayot Upamecano in action during Bayern vs. Hamburg (Photo by Selim Sudheimer\/Getty Images) Bayern Munich centre-back Dayot Upamecano has reportedly approved a new contract with the club despite his links with Liverpool and other clubs. The France international is in the final year of his contract with Bayern and there has been much speculation about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-40823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}