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title: "Liverpool deal for Ozan Kabak ‘unlikely’ despite stellar six-month loan"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-kabak-deal-unlikely/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Sterling"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2021-05-26T14:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-05-26T14:00:00Z"
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# Liverpool deal for Ozan Kabak ‘unlikely’ despite stellar six-month loan

Liverpool are already set for an interesting transfer window.

The Reds [ended their season](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) with Champions League qualification despite plenty of setbacks throughout the campaign.

Just three days later and the club already looks set to secure their first signing of the summer.

According to [Fabrizio Romano](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano), the Reds are just hours away from [paying the release clause for Ibrahima Konaté](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/05/26/liverpool-konate-signing-soon/).

This means that [on-loan](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/transfers/verein/31/plus/1?saison_id=2020&pos=&detailpos=&w_s=w) centre-back Ozan Kabak will go back to parent club Schalke 04.

Due to this, it is unlikely that the club will sign Kabak as reported by journalist [Florian Plettenberg](https://twitter.com/Plettigoal)…

> A deal for Ozan Kabak to Liverpool is unlikely. He is targeted by RB Leipzig and Leicester City. [#S04](https://twitter.com/hashtag/S04?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) urgently need to sell him this summer. \[[@Plettigoal](https://twitter.com/Plettigoal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) – 🇩🇪\]
>
> — LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) [May 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/LFCTransferRoom/status/1397397851932614660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Kabak enjoyed a good spell on loan with the Reds and performed well when called upon.

Sadly for the Turkish international, it doesn’t appear as though the club is interested in signing him permanently.

As mentioned in the report cited by [LFCTransferRoom](https://twitter.com/LFCTransferRoom) on Twitter, both RB Leipzig and Leicester City are interested.

A move to Leipzig would make sense given Liverpool’s supposed deal for Konate.

This would essentially work for all parties will Schalke needing to offload the defender, and Leipzig set to be without Konate.

A move to Leicester could be harmful for the Reds as though know what a talented defender Kabak is.

It seems more likely that Kabak would move to Leipzig with the German club needing to find a replacement.