Liverpool have held concrete talks to sign kennet eichhorn, the 16-year-old Hertha BSC defensive midfielder. He has already played 18 senior games this term and is planning to leave the 2. Bundesliga club in the coming weeks.
Hertha BSC and Anfield
The move puts Arne Slot’s club into the race for a player with a reported €12 million release clause. Those talks have already taken place, with Anfield now the destination in play if Liverpool decide to push ahead.
Eichhorn’s senior minutes are the part that stand out. At 16, he has logged 18 games for Hertha BSC this season, which gives Liverpool a clear read on a teenager already handling first-team football.
Release clause and timing
Hertha BSC failed to secure promotion, and that has pushed the situation toward a summer exit. Eichhorn is looking beyond the 2. Bundesliga after a season that put him on Liverpool’s radar and made the release clause the central number in the deal.
For Liverpool, the picture is straightforward: they are weighing a young midfielder who has senior experience, a defined price, and a club preparing for a departure in the coming weeks. The next move sits with the two sides as the market opens around a player who has already crossed into senior football before his 17th birthday.
