{"id":45113,"date":"2026-03-29T07:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/report-liverpool-focus-on-controversial-transfer-against-premier-league-rivals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:09:15","slug":"report-liverpool-focus-on-controversial-transfer-against-premier-league-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/report-liverpool-focus-on-controversial-transfer-against-premier-league-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Liverpool focus on controversial transfer against Premier League rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool are reportedly eyeing a potential surprise move for in-form midfielder James Garner to rivals Everton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The England international has performed at a high level for the Toffees this season and is thought to be likely to feature for the Three Lions at this summer&#8217;s 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above <span role=\"presentation\"><u>apple<\/u><\/span>  &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Fichajes, Garner could make a big move and Liverpool are said to be determined to sign him.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not often that we see Liverpool and Everton making deals, so if this deal were to go through, it would definitely be very controversial.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old is also a former Manchester United player, but it&#8217;s not often that a player represents Manchester United or Liverpool.<\/p>\n<h2>James Garner appears ready for big summer move<\/h2>\n<p>Garner has scored three goals and provided six assists in all competitions this season, showing solid and balanced play in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics site WhoScored named Garner the highest-rated player in Everton&#8217;s squad, with an average rating of 7.23\/10 for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>They also say that while Garner has a number of outstanding strengths, including crossing, passing, tackling and interception, they do not see any significant weaknesses in his game.<\/p>\n<p>It makes sense that we now see Garner being linked to a big move like LFC, with Arne Slott perhaps needing a more quality player in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>However, Everton were able to sign Garner to a new contract, which was recently confirmed on their official website.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Daily Mail had linked Garner with his former club Man United, who would also certainly benefit from adding a midfielder this summer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are reportedly eyeing a potential surprise move for in-form midfielder James Garner to rivals Everton. The England international has performed at a high level for the Toffees this season and is thought to be likely to feature for the Three Lions at this summer&#8217;s 2026 World Cup. Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-45113","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\/45113","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=45113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}