Liverpool prepare to fight Manchester United in battle to land new goalkeeper

Liverpool and Manchester United are poised for a transfer tug-of-war over 19-year-old goalkeeper Kit Margetson, according to a Daily Mail report that has set North Wales buzzing.

United scout Tony Coton, the man who recommended Senne Lammens to Old Trafford, was tracked in Flintshire last week watching Swansea City’s on-loan youngster during his spell with Connah’s Quay Nomads in the 2025/26 Cymru Premier campaign. Crystal Palace have also registered interest, but the presence of Coton on United’s behalf has intensified speculation that Margetson could soon be trading the Welsh top flight for the Premier League.

The teenager, son of former Manchester City keeper Martyn Margetson, has come through the Swansea academy and is already a Wales age-group international. His performances for the Nomads have drawn admiring glances from Anfield and beyond, with Liverpool’s under-21 set-up—currently led by ex-Wales senior boss Rob Page—viewed as a potential next step.

Page and Martyn Margetson share a long-standing connection, having first shared a Wales U21 dressing room in the early 1990s before later turning out together for Cardiff City. Although Margetson senior served as Wales’ goalkeeping coach, he was not part of Page’s national-team staff between 2020 and 2024.

With two of English football’s most decorated clubs now circling, Margetson’s immediate future promises to be one of the winter window’s most intriguing sub-plots.