Football transfer rumours: Gelson Martins to Liverpool? Malcom to Arsenal?
Today’s fluff is feeling lucky
Despite having beaten Manchester City without Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool are still interested in signing another nifty attacker this January and are hoping Thomas Lemar will grab the little Brazilian’s old wand, perform some nifty tricks and generally sprinkle some magic around Anfield when Jürgen Klopp is banging his head against a wall during 0-0 draws with West Brom. But the Ligue 1 club have seen the cash-rich Reds coming. They’ve chalked £90m on a board outside the Stade Louis II Stadium. That’s the price they want this January otherwise they’ll wait until the summer when they’ll take the bobby-dazzler to auction and encourage needy clubs – The Mill’s looking at you Arsenal – to start a bidding war.
But Jürgen Klopp wants someone to swell his attacking ranks, so Anfield admin bods have warmed up the fax machine and are readying an offer of around £25m for Sporting Lisbon’s Gelson Martins, who possesses electric pace, a hefty shot, the penchant for a sneaky dummy and a buyout clause of £53m. It says here that Liverpool have already agreed to pay him £80,000 a week, which is five times his salary at Sporting. Now if only they can match that valuation.
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