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Liverpool are ‘still interested’ in Sporting Lisbon’s wonder boy Nuno Mendes, despite the £ 19m offer being rejected as the Portuguese club struggles to tie the left-back to a new contract with a clause. rescission of 63 million pounds.
- Liverpool reportedly saw a £ 19 million discount for defender Nuno Mendes rejected
- His club, Sporting Lisbon, would have accepted an offer of around 40 million pounds.
- The Portuguese club is now ready to tie Mendes, 18, to a new contract.
- That will include a strong buyout clause amid the interest of several major clubs.
Liverpool ‘maintain an interest’ in Sporting Lisbon’s Nuno Mendes, but the 18-year-old defender is about to get a lot more expensive.
The Premier League champions reportedly made a £ 19 million offer for the left-back, which was rejected by Sporting, who would have accepted £ 40 million.
But in response to the surge in interest in Mendes, Sporting plans to tie the young man to a new contract with a £ 63 million buyout clause in the coming weeks.
Liverpool ‘are still interested’ in Nuno Mendes, 18-year-old wonderful boy from Sporting Lisbon
Sporting are set to tie left-back Mendes (right) to a deal with a £ 63m buyout clause
According to the Portuguese newspapers Record and O Jogo (via Sport Witness), Liverpool’s interest in Mendes is ‘concrete’ even though they do not urgently need a left back.
The player could move in next summer with Real Madrid, Manchester City and Manchester United also interested in the highly rated Wonderkid.
But reports in Portugal say that Liverpool is the only club that has already made an offer.
Mendes has played 18 times for Sporting since making his first-team debut in June and has become their first-choice left-back this season.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp pictured during his team’s 7-0 win at Crystal Palace
Andrew Robertson is Liverpool’s first-choice left-back, but Mendes could be one for the future
It is believed that Mendes, who is a Portugal Under-21 international, could become a central defender in the future.
There is a more urgent need for Liverpool in that area as they already have Andrew Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas in the left-back position.
Injuries to the central halves of the top pick Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez have stretched their defensive strength this season, although Jurgen Klopp’s team nevertheless ranks atop the Premier League table.
Their 7-0 win at Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday knocked them out of Tottenham on top.
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