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Liverpool have increased their interest in Watford forward Ismaila Sarr, according to ESPN sources.
They have contacted the Championship side about Sarr, sources told ESPN, and are in the investigation stage of the deal, with a fee yet to be negotiated.
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Jurgen Klopp has moved quickly this week to reinforce his squad with midfielder Thiago Alcantara set to arrive from Bayern Munich and has now turned his attention to Sarr to bolster his attack line. They were strongly linked with Timo Werner earlier this summer, but he ended up joining Chelsea and Klopp is still eager to add one more player to his attacking options.
Sarr, 22, joined Watford from Rennes in June 2019 for £ 30 million on a five-year deal. He made 30 appearances last season, scoring six goals, but with Watford relegated the club has already seen a number of players leave, Pervis Estupinan joined Villarreal this week and Abdoulaye Doucoure left for Everton.
If Sarr ends up joining Liverpool, he will reinforce a formidable forward line-up that includes Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi. Liverpool’s other signing in the summer was bringing in left-back Konstantinos Tsimikas from Olympiakos for £ 11.7 million.
Liverpool have a proven track record of signing players from lower Premier League clubs or championship teams and integrating them into their first team. Andrew Robertson was hired from Hull City, Mane from Southampton, Xherdan Shaqiri from Stoke City, Adam Lallana (now from Brighton) from Southampton and Georginio Wijnaldum from Newcastle.
