They’re on fire.
It’s very clear that someone at Anfield has had their third Weetabix, judging from the way the club are conducting their transfer business in this the last week of the window. After a summer of not doing much, the Red machine has suddenly come to life – and how.
Earlier we brought you the stunning news that Liverpool had signed mercurial RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita from under the noses of Barcelona on Tuesday morning. The deal will see the Guinean join up with his new club at the end of the 2017/18 season.
That deal smashed the Anfield transfer record previously broken by the club’s signing of Mohamed Salah earlier in the window. Keita had a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave Leipzig for around £48m next year, but Liverpool are thought to have paid a premium on top of that to secure his signing early.
But that’s not Jurgen Klopp finished with his summer buys – or breaking records. According to Sky Sports, the club have also bid a whopping £64.8m for Monaco’s wonderfully skilful and versatile Thomas Lemar. This is after a previous bid of £55.5m was rejected by the French club.
Conflicting reports across the Channel suggest that either Monaco have turned down the offer, or are minded to accept the giant bid (plus the possible addition of Divock Origi), but Liverpool definitely haven’t given up on signing Lemar and will continue in their attempts to close the deal today.
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Monaco have already sold a number of star players this transfer window with high profile names such as Benjamin Mendy, Bernardo Silva and Tiemoué Bakayoko leaving for the Premier League and Kylian Mbappe also expected to depart the club over the coming few days.
Both Mendy and Silva have both joined Manchester City for a combined £91m while Bakayoko opted for last year’s Premier League champions Chelsea in a deal worth £36m.
