Will Liverpool sign Jamie Leweling? Stuttgart may cash in before window shuts – Football Whispers Index score

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Will Liverpool sign Jamie Leweling? Stuttgart may cash in before window shuts – Football Whispers Index score
Jamie Leweling to Liverpool. Will it happen? Photo by Iconsport/ Jan Woitas/dpa/ Picture Alliance/ PA Images

Liverpool have entered the race for Stuttgart winger Jamie Leweling as the summer window heads into its final hours.

The Germany international has also been credited with interest from Roma, Everton and Inter Milan, with Roma already having a loan-with-obligation package worth more than €40m turned down by Stuttgart.

Here is how likely the move to Anfield actually is, according to the Whispers Index.

The Football Whispers Index scores every transfer rumour across five weighted factors. Read how it works here.

Jamie Leweling to Liverpool rated ‘Possible'

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Jamie Leweling to Liverpool

Possible
Liverpool are only monitoring Jamie Leweling as a fallback option after Roma had a package worth more than €40m rejected by Stuttgart, with Everton and Inter Milan also in the frame heading into deadline day.
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Financial viability21 / 25
Buying club need13 / 20
Player motivation11 / 15
Selling club incentive9 / 20
Market momentum10 / 20
Financial viability21 / 25
  • Any Liverpool move for Leweling would cost roughly what Roma had rejected by Stuttgart, a package worth more than €40m including a €5m loan fee, which is under 5 percent of Liverpool's €836m annual revenue.
  • Liverpool's estimated Squad Cost Ratio sits around 65 percent, comfortably inside the Premier League's new 85 percent limit, leaving them with more spending headroom than almost any other established top-flight club this summer.
  • Leweling's contract at Stuttgart runs to 30 June 2029, so Stuttgart are under no pressure to sell to avoid losing him for nothing.
Buying club need13 / 20
  • Liverpool have already signed Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain for £120m to play on the left, but are still assessing right-sided options following Mohamed Salah's exit this summer.
  • Eighteen-year-old Rio Ngumoha has featured in a wide role for Liverpool this season but has started only five Premier League matches for 551 minutes in total.
  • Leweling scored 7 goals and provided 9 assists in 32 Bundesliga appearances last season as Stuttgart finished fourth, a far heavier season's workload than any of Liverpool's current young wide options have carried.
Player motivation11 / 15
  • A move to Liverpool, the reigning Premier League champions, would be a clear step up in competition level from Stuttgart, who finished fourth in the Bundesliga last season.
  • Leweling said in April that playing in the Premier League or La Liga appeals to him, though he added it would take something significant to prise him away from Stuttgart.
  • He would face competition for a starting spot from Federico Chiesa, Barcola, Florian Wirtz, Harvey Elliott and Victor Munoz if he arrived at Anfield, without a clear guarantee of regular minutes.
Selling club incentive9 / 20
  • Stuttgart rejected a proposal from Roma worth more than €40m, including a €5m loan fee, for a loan with an obligation to buy.
  • Leweling has made just one Bundesliga appearance and played 28 minutes in total so far this season, having started 26 of Stuttgart's 32 league matches last term.
  • No replacement has been reported as lined up at Stuttgart if Leweling were sold before Tuesday's deadline.
Market momentum10 / 20
  • Patrik Berger of Sky Sport Germany first reported Liverpool's interest, with Roma, Everton and Inter Milan also credited with tracking the player.
  • Roma have gone furthest of any club, tabling the rejected loan-with-obligation package, while Liverpool are described as still only monitoring the situation.
  • The story broke in the closing days of the window, with Tuesday's deadline leaving little time for parties to move from interest to a formal bid.
The verdict53 / 100
Liverpool are one of four clubs credited with interest in Jamie Leweling but have made no concrete move, while Roma have already had a package worth more than €40m rejected by Stuttgart.
It happens if Liverpool move fast before Tuesday's deadline and Stuttgart's rejection of Roma turns out to be about the structure of that bid rather than a refusal to sell at all.
It dies if the noise stays limited to one Sky Germany report and Stuttgart hold firm with Leweling contracted until 2029.

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