Chelsea and Fulham may have their opportunity to sign a current Liverpool star after an interesting development at Anfield.

The Blues open their Premier League account on Sunday against Manchester City, while Fulham were unlucky to lose to Manchester United on Friday night.

Liverpool wore down newly promoted Ipswich Town to win 2-0 in Saturday's early kick-off, and defender Joe Gomez was absent for the clash.

According to the Daily Mail, Gomez has decided to move on from Liverpool to secure more regular first team minutes.

The centre-back made 32 league appearances last season but only started 17 of those games, with the Reds having a wealth of options at the back, including Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.

The report claims Gomez is now looking to move on, and Liverpool will sanction a deal for his exit, though they are not expected to force out the England international, happy for him to stay and rejoin Arne Slot's squad if a transfer does not pan out.

The Times, say Chelsea and Fulham are two of the interested clubs, with plenty of Premier League interest already being generated.

Fulham lost Tosin Adarabioyo and Tim Ream this summer, but they did manage to snap up Jorge Cuenca from Villarreal.

Chelsea, of course, signed Adarabioyo, but they did lose Thiago Silva.

Recent reports have claimed Liverpool want around PS30million to PS35million to sell Gomez, and Aston Villa and Newcastle United are said to be the early clubs pushing for a deal.

It would be a big fee for Fulham to pay after they spent a similar amount on Emile Smith Rowe.

Newcastle were heavily linked with a move for Gomez earlier in the window, and the English star could be a bargain option for them after seeing offers of more than PS65million rejected for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi.

Gomez had a strong end to last season, earning an England return.

Speaking towards the end of the season to Liverpool's media team, he said: "I'm really enjoying my football.

Obviously we had a good phase at the club when we won the league and so on.

But obviously this year has been different for me, playing in different places.

"It's hard for me to judge.

I was obviously younger and enjoying it then, playing centre-half mostly.

I'm definitely enjoying it.

It helps when the team is doing well and when we're winning games - that plays a big part.

Personally, I don't know, I'm just appreciating the moment, I'm not really worrying about where I've been or where I've got to go, just being here now and embracing it is the main thing.

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