Liverpool are set to profit from any Danny Ings transfer, according to reports. The England international wants a big move.
The Telegraph reports that Danny Ings wants a transfer to a Champions League club. That’s got to be a big blow for Southampton.
There’s apparently a contract offer on the table, too, but Ings won’t sign. Instead, he wants a return to the big time.
Manager Ralph Hasenhuttl appeared to confirm this on Tuesday.
“I think if [Ings] wants Champions League football, he scores 10 or 12 more goals we can get there,” he said, per Jeremy Wilson. “Not impossible.”
Ings has exploded since permanently joining Southampton for £20m in 2019. He bagged 25 goals in all competitions last season, including 22 in the Premier League.
He’s followed that up with another seven this term, taking his total to 40 in 81 games ever since his initial loan move in 2018.
That loan was from a Champions League club, of course – Liverpool.
And the Reds would benefit from any sale. That Telegraph report claims Liverpool get a percentage of any transfer fee as a result of that deal.
What RTK has to say
This is good news, obviously. Ings could command quite the price, given his goalscoring exploits over the last year and a half.
That’s money that could go towards any signings Liverpool want to make – although, we don’t know the actual percentage, here.
It could be as low as 10 per cent, meaning the windfall is unlikely to cover an entire transfer fee. Still, money’s money and it’ll benefit Liverpool.
As for how this reflects on the Ings sale, it makes it look better but it’s one that still smarts. He’s been fantastic ever since leaving Liverpool and we recently argued that he’s exactly the player the Reds need right now.
Losing him for £20m still hurts, especially as the player Liverpool kept – Divock Origi – has done very little since 2019. Ings really should have cost a lot more.
But then, hindsight is 20/20. Back in 2018, when the loan happened, Ings was an injury-prone squad player. Perhaps £20m was a fantastic fee to get.
And with the sell-on percentage on top, it was good business. In hindsight, though, we do wish he was still here.
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