Much of the fuss for Liverpool so far this transfer window has been surrounding the club's incomings, and rightly so.
As the highly-reported moves for Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez have all now been completed, the club are now turning to balancing the books with outgoings.
Central defender Jarell Quansah saw his minutes drastically cut last season and is now heavily linked with a move away.
If reports are to be believed, the English international is on track to go abroad in search of a more prominent role, with the Bundesliga his likely destination.
Bayer Leverkusen inching closer to deal
Following prolonged rumors, late last week, news began to emerge that a fee had finally been agreed upon between Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool for the defender.
The news first broke from Germany via Stephan von Nocks of Kicker, who reported a full agreement had been reached between the clubs but did not provide the figures.
Fabrizio Romano offered his insight soon thereafter, citing a full agreement and referencing a transfer fee of £30 million plus £5 million in add-ons, the category of which was not specified.
From the Liverpool side of things, Lewis Steele also put forth the same financials as Romano for this transfer.
Interestingly, there has been reporting about Liverpool including a buy-back clause in this transfer.
This will be good news to many Liverpool fans, who are not enthused with the prospect of losing a young defender who has shown so much promise when the futures of Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez are not exactly set in stone.
Buyback clause is essential
Steele, Romano, Florian Plettenberg and Phillip Arens have all stated a buy-back will be a part of the agreement, though the figure mentioned is not consistent between them.
Steele mentions the existence of the clause without getting into specifics, as does Romano, though he states that it will be an 'important figure.'
Plettenberg and Arens mention differing fees for this clause. Plettenberg claims the clause will be active for €40 million, while Arens believes the figure will be more than €60 million.
It remains to be seen which figure is correct, though it would be logical to expect the fee to be closer to Arens' €60 million number, given that Plettenberg's claim is not that much more than Leverkusen are thought to be paying for Quansah.
it would be hard to believe Leverkusen would agree to a deal with a clause that would allow for Quansah to be bought back for only €5 million more than they are set to pay for him, but stranger things have happened.
This significant detail will be clarified as the deal is formally concluded, which should be in the near future.