Liverpool still believe they will get £30million for Mamadou Sakho after receiving a ‘flood of inquiries’ for French defender
Crystal Palace have been priced out of a move since successful loan spell as Jurgen Klopp refuses to budge on fee
MAMADOU SAKHO has a number of admirers – despite Liverpool pricing Crystal Palace out of a deal.
The defender spent the second half of last season on loan at Selhurst Park and the Eagles want to seal a permanent switch.
But the Reds’ £30million price-tag has proved a stumbling block with new boss Frank De Boer reportedly unwilling to spend such a fee on just one player.
Palace remain favourites to land Sakho, 27, and have reportedly already agreed personal terms with the former Paris Saint-Germain ace.
But, according to the , the Merseysiders have received a ‘flood of enquiries’ from elsewhere for the Frenchman.
this summer despite Jurgen Klopp’s resistance to budge on the fee.
The paper reports that boss Jurgen Klopp is adamant £30m is a fair price after seeing rivals Everton splash £25m on Micheal Keane from Burnley.
The centre-half’s deal does not run out until 2020 meaning Liverpool are under no pressure to sell on the cheap.
Sakho was banished to train with the academy last season after falling on the wrong side of Klopp while on Liverpool’s pre-season tour of the US last summer.
He returned to training with the Reds this week – but his chances of pulling on a Reds shirt again are thought to be extremely slim .
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