The link, first published on Alan Nixon’s Patreon on 4 October 2026, has Liverpool watching Young as a potential future first-choice goalkeeper. Neither club has commented, and no bid has been reported.
Young is on a season-long loan at Huddersfield Town, where he has started every League One match this season, kept two clean sheets, and conceded seven goals. His side sit in the third tier while Sunderland play in the Premier League.
Why Liverpool are looking
The timing lines up with the goalkeeper situation under head coach Andoni Iraola, who replaced Arne Slot in the Anfield dugout in June 2026. Alisson Becker’s deal expires next summer, and summer signing Georgi Mamardashvili has not yet nailed down the starting shirt.
Young’s two seasons on loan at Salford City are what put him on the Premier League radar. During the 2025-26 League Two campaign he kept 15 clean sheets, posted a 71.1% save percentage and 5.1 goals prevented, helping Salford to the playoff final.
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Sunderland’s position
Sunderland do not want to sell. The Black Cats tied Young down to a four-year contract through 2030 in May 2026, before loaning him out, and view him as the long-term successor to current first-choice Robin Roefs. Any approach from Liverpool would require a sizeable fee.
Born in County Durham on 24 November 2006, Young joined the Sunderland academy aged seven and turned professional in late 2023. He has represented England at U18, U19, U20, and U21 level, with a maiden senior youth call-up coming during his first full loan spell.
The report has not been confirmed
Alan Nixon is a long-established transfer reporter with a solid record on North East stories, but the Sunderland Echo write-up and the follow-up pieces are built on the same single Patreon post. Until Liverpool, Sunderland, or Young’s representatives speak, the story remains a scouting lead rather than a live negotiation. Huddersfield’s loan runs to the end of the 2026-27 season.
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