Liverpool Transfer News: Gakpo and Mamardashvili Appear Set to Stay

Liverpool’s final hours of the transfer window look increasingly likely to pass without two notable departures, after both Cody Gakpo and Giorgi Mamardashvili trained with the squad on Tuesday at the AXA Training Centre.

With the deadline looming at 11pm, their involvement in the latest session is a strong indicator that both players will remain part of Andoni Iraola’s plans, at least for now. In transfer windows, players on the brink of an exit are often kept away from the main group, particularly when negotiations are at a delicate stage. That was not the case here.

Cody Gakpo transfer talk cools

Gakpo had been heavily linked with a move away from Anfield in recent days, with suggestions that Manchester City were pushing to take the Dutch forward before the window closed. Liverpool are understood to have rejected an £80m offer, and that now appears to have settled the matter.

That will come as a major relief to supporters. Gakpo has started the campaign in sharp form and has looked one of Liverpool’s most effective attacking players in the opening two matches. Allowing him to leave this late in the window would have raised serious questions, particularly given the limited time available to react.

Even with Bradley Barcola arriving from Paris Saint-Germain, keeping Gakpo gives Iraola valuable depth and variety in wide areas. Liverpool now have a stronger group of wingers competing for places, which should help sustain intensity and quality across a demanding season.

Giorgi Mamardashvili remains important option

Mamardashvili has also been the subject of late-window attention, with Nottingham Forest reported to have made an enquiry in the past 48 hours. No formal bid appears to have followed, and his presence in training points towards that interest going no further before the deadline.

While the Georgian goalkeeper is currently behind Alisson Becker in the pecking order, Liverpool would be taking an unnecessary risk by weakening that position now. A dependable deputy matters enormously across a long campaign, especially when injuries, suspensions or in-game setbacks can alter plans instantly.

Goalkeeper depth is rarely appreciated until it is tested. Mamardashvili offers Liverpool security, and keeping him in place makes clear sense.

Liverpool squad depth gives Iraola stability

There may yet be frustration among fans if no late arrivals materialise, but avoiding disruptive exits has value of its own. Stability at this stage of the window can be just as important as a last-minute signing.

For Liverpool, this looks like a deadline day defined by retention rather than upheaval. Gakpo stays, Mamardashvili stays, and Iraola appears set to head into Friday’s Premier League trip to Ipswich with his options intact. In the closing hours of the market, that may prove a significant outcome.

Images from the latest session, published by Liverpool’s official website, only reinforced that sense of calm around the squad.