Liverpool insider says world-class striker transfer is more realistic than what people think

Liverpool have been once again linked to the PSG star, Kylian Mbappe, and Paul Gorst has suggested that the transfer may not be a total ‘nonstarter’.

The Merseyside-based journalist did, however, caution that Klopp’s side shouldn’t be considered frontrunners in the race for the Frenchman’s signature.

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While speaking on The Anfield Wrap’s Talking Transfers show, he stated that there aren’t many teams trying for him.

“The weird thing is, there doesn’t seem to be too many other teams fishing about. It’s either Real Madrid, Liverpool or, seemingly, PSG, I don’t think Liverpool are frontrunners by any stretch, but the fact they’re in the conversation is interesting.

They like him, no doubt about it. They’ve liked him since his Monaco days. I remember working at the Echo years back and people who worked there at the time speaking to the club and telling me that Liverpool were quite encouraging in the noises they were making at the time. Which was a surprise, as I think they were expecting them to say ‘great player but he’s not for us’.

They were making it known, privately, that he was someone they liked, and that interest has only intensified in recent years. What I found interesting was Mbappe saying, quite openly, that Liverpool courted him before he went to PSG. His mum’s a big Liverpool fan and a big driving force of his career moves; uncompromising agent/mother figure.

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So it’s interesting this one. I think the absence of a transfer fee makes it a little bit more realistic – Liverpool aren’t going to have to be spending £200m on a player before they even talk about a contract – the issue is Liverpool’s highest-paid player of all-time is Mo Salah on around about £350,000-£400,000 [a week] based on goal bonuses and whatever else.

Now Liverpool could pay Mbappe that feasibly but if he wants a bit more than that then Liverpool might have to accept it might be beyond them. But I don’t think it’s a total nonstarter, which is probably enough to keep fans interested for certainly the next few weeks and then whatever happens in the summer.”

Sai Akshay

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