Monaco will sell Liverpool Thomas Lemar for €75m, not the €90m previously thought.
And they’ll do so this January as well, rather than hold on to him until the summer.
This is according to Sam McGuire, a friend of EOTK, in Football Whispers.
However, he claims that Lemar would rather wait until the end of the season, because of the World Cup in Russia.
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Right now, the 22-year-old is a guaranteed starter for Monaco and a regular member of Didier Deschamps’ World Cup squad – but a high-profile switch to Liverpool – where he’d be cup-tied for the Champions League – may diminish his game-time.
As a result, Liverpool are likely to hold off.
Following last night’s rubbish defeat to Swansea, fans are crying out for Klopp to reinvest some of the £142m he received from Coutinho’s sale into the side.
The team looked flat at the Liberty Stadium, but we’d be surprised if the boss made a move in the market.
Klopp’s stubborn when it comes to buying players, with a seemingly undying belief in the players already at his disposal.
Lemar though isn’t likely to come in and suddenly transform our attack. In Ligue 1, a significantly worse competition than the Premier League, he has two goals and four assists this term.
Even €75m sounds very overpriced.
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