Liverpool are yet to receive any concrete offers for youngster Mateusz Musialowski, who was left out of the 32-man squad for
this week’s training camp in Germany
As Ben Doak, Lewis Koumas and Calum Scanlon lapped up the praise of their team-mates at the Wildparkstadion on
Wednesday night after their eye-catching cameos against Bundesliga 2 outfit Karlsruher SC, it marked another unforgettable
night for those working tirelessly at Liverpool’s Kirkby-based academy.
The 10-day training camp in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, was always going to be an extraordinary occasion for the likes
of Bobby Clark, Melkamu Frauendorf, James McConnell, Jarrell Quansah, Scanlon, Doak and Koumas who were the
academy’s seven outfield representatives hoping to catch the eye of the Liverpool manager.
But while the aforementioned collection of talent will be looking to soak up the remaining few days of their time alongside
the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, hot-shot Mateusz Musialowski is back on Merseyside preparing for the
under-21s’ pre-season friendly with National League side Kidderminster Harriers on Friday evening.
For someone who is yet to make a professional appearance for Liverpool, the 19-year-old’s outings for the under-18s and
under-21s have generated considerable interest since his move to Merseyside three years ago. In a rare case for someone of
his talents, Musialowski found himself honing his craft – and scoring 133 goals – in the regional leagues of his homeland
prior to trialling with Arsenal and later Liverpool in the early months of 2020.
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Liverpool and Nike negotiations to begin with hopes of £80m return and time running out on kit deal
Over the course of the next year Liverpool will start the process of engaging Nike over extending the existing partnership
between the two.
Back in 2019 the Reds won a battle at the High Court in London to extricate themselves from their previous deal with New
Balance after the Boston firm had sought to activate a clause that would allow them to extend the partnership should they
match a rival offer.
In the end it was determined that while Nike were paying a lower guaranteed annual sum of around £30m it was the world’s
largest sportswear company’s ability to deliver at scale, and the commitment to the Reds receiving 20 per cent of the
proceeds of Liverpool/Nike branded merchandise that proved key. Throw into the mix the leverage that they had through a
star client list that included the likes of rapper Drake, tennis star Serena Williams and basketball icon and Fenway Sports
Group partner LeBron James and it was a deal that gave Liverpool huge options.
The contract is set to run until the end of the 2024/25 season but discussions will start over how to progress over the course
of the coming season. There is a desire on both sides to extend the partnership well into the future to make it a long-standing
one given how valuable it has been for the club thus far, and how the extensions to the deal, such as the LeBron x Liverpool
collection and the link-up with Nike-owned Converse have been received and opened the club and Nike up to new markets.
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