“🚨 Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are scouting Eintracht Frankfurt defender Nnamdi Collins. The 22-year-old can play at centre-back or right-back, but no formal transfer negotiations have begun.”
No trusted reporter yet. Stories like this complete 6 in 100 times.
- Fee
- Not reported
- Value
- €24m
- Reporters
- 1
LiverpoolThis rumour
Man UnitedRumour page
ChelseaRumour page- Other clubNot yet named
Stays at FrankfurtNo move
- ReportingNo trusted reporter2 outlets, all tabloids or aggregatorsAgainst the move
- ContractRuns to June 20303 years 8 months leftAgainst the move
- LiverpoolSpending close to its limitMoves from Bundesliga to Premier League are commonAgainst the move
- FeeNot reportedValue €24m
fussball-newsTrust 46via Transfer News LiveFull post Ekrem KonurTrust 30via Transfer News LiveFull post “🚨 Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are closely scouting Eintracht Frankfurt defender Nnamdi Collins. The 22-year-old can play at centre-back or right-back, with all three clubs monitoring his performances.”
fussball-newsTrust 46Earliest mentionEarliest mentionvia Transfer News LiveFull post “🚨 Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are seriously interested in Eintracht Frankfurt defender Nnamdi Collins. The three Premier League clubs are scouting the 22-year-old, but no formal transfer negotiations have started.”
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Collins talk: Liverpool one of three scouting Frankfurt defender
The situation
Liverpool are one of three Premier League clubs scouting Nnamdi Collins, the Eintracht Frankfurt defender who can play centre-back or right-back, but there is no sign of an actual approach. The newest reports agree on one key point: Frankfurt have ruled out selling him in January and are said to want at least €35m should anyone come calling. That alone tells you where this stands. Nothing here is a negotiation, just admiration from a distance.
The reporting
The story has run through tabloid and aggregator channels only. fussball-news's report was carried by Transfer News Live by 4 November, repeated again on 5 November via Ekrem Konur, and once more on 6 November, each version naming Manchester United and Chelsea alongside Liverpool as interested parties. That is one source recycled three times, not three separate lines of reporting, and no trusted reporter has backed any of it.
The outlook
Call this a longshot for January. Frankfurt's stated refusal to sell this winter, Collins having 42 months left on his contract once the window opens, and the lack of any confirmed bid all point the same way. For it to move, Frankfurt would need to change their stance entirely or receive an offer well above the figure they are said to want, and nothing in these reports suggests that is close.
What happens next
What would actually move this is Frankfurt entertaining a concrete bid, or one of the three clubs tabling a formal offer once the window opens on 1 January.
Nnamdi Collins’s real transfer fees, for context, not a prediction.
How likely is Nnamdi Collins to join Liverpool?
Transfer Tracker rates Nnamdi Collins to Liverpool at 1%, a longshot on the current reporting from 1 reporter.
Where else could Nnamdi Collins go?
Besides Liverpool, Transfer Tracker's model rates Nnamdi Collins's other live options as Manchester United 1%, Chelsea 1%.
