Will Kevin Schade join Liverpool? Shock Brentford transfer 'likely' for German winger

That form has not gone unnoticed at Anfield, where Liverpool are among the clubs credited with interest in the 24-year-old winger. Brentford have responded by opening their own contract talks, setting up a tug of war between retention and ambition as the season moves toward January.

The Football Whispers Index scores every transfer rumour across five weighted factors. Football Whispers Index: Transfer predictor Kevin Schade to Liverpool 65/100 TPI Likely Liverpool's wide options are thinner than they look on paper, and Brentford's retention push is the only thing keeping this from climbing further.

The clearest point in Liverpool's favour is financial comfort paired with a wide-attack picture that looks deeper on paper than it holds up in practice. The clearest point against is the most stubborn one in the whole rumour, Brentford have already moved to keep him rather than sell him.

Financial viability Financial viability 22 / 25 Schade carries a FotMob transfer value of €36.8m, a small fraction of Liverpool's annual revenue of more than €836m. He has two years left on the contract he signed after a £20m move from Freiburg in June 2023, with the deal running to 30 June 2028.

Liverpool's wage structure is topped by Virgil van Dijk's £350,000 a week, well above Schade's current £35,000 at Brentford. Liverpool sit comfortably inside the Premier League's Squad Cost Ratio limit with no reported compliance concerns this season.

Money is not the obstacle here, since Liverpool's revenue dwarfs Schade's valuation to the point that a fee well above his current €36.8m rating would still be a routine piece of business for a club of their scale. Two years remaining on his Brentford contract arguably works in Liverpool's favour rather than against them, since a selling club's leverage over the price tends to erode the closer a deal runs to its final year.

The gap between Schade's current £35,000 a week and the money commanded by Liverpool's senior earners suggests wages will not be the sticking point, whatever fee Brentford eventually demand. Buying club need Buying club need 14 / 20 Lewis Koumas is listed as a centre-forward option first, rather than as recognised cover out wide.

Federico Chiesa has made just one Premier League start this season and is currently unavailable through injury. Gakpo has been sidelined with an ankle injury since 27 September, with an expected return of one to two weeks.

Schade's 8 goals and 3 assists in 2025/26 sit close to Gakpo's 7 goals and 5 assists across the same Premier League season. On paper Liverpool's left and right flanks look crowded, but a closer look at who is actually fit and trusted tells a thinner story than the squad list suggests.