According to BBC Sports, Liverpool are willing to pay a club record fee to bring RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita to Anfield.
Leipzig insist the 22-year-old Guinea international will not be sold this summer after they qualified for this season’s Champions League.
Keita has been touted as having a £70m price tag, although he has a £48m release clause in his contract that can be unlocked next summer.
Liverpool are yet to bid for Keita, who scored eight league goals last season.
However, manager Jurgen Klopp is a huge admirer and the Anfield hierarchy look certain to test Leipzig’s determination to keep someone who has been a central figure in their success with a firm offer.
It also remains to be seen whether Keita himself is attracted by a move to the Premier League.
If Klopp, who returns to the club’s Melwood training headquarters to start pre-season preparations…
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