Liverpool are not willing to let Mamadou Sakho leave on the cheap.
Liverpool are demanding £20 million for defender Mamadou Sakho, SkySports report.
This is despite the centre-back’s lack of first team football this season, with the Frenchman falling out of favour under Jurgen Klopp.
Liverpool’s Mamadou Sakho celebrates with Jordon Ibe at the end of the match
Spanish side Sevilla are reportedly interested in the defender, and the Reds have told them their valuation.
In recent weeks Sakho has been playing for the club’s under-23 side, and is not under consideration for Premier League action.
Mamadou Sakho and Laurent Koscieny in action for France
Sakho missed the end of last season when he was suspended by UEFA, but the real career blow came in the summer when he was sent home from Liverpool’s pre-season tour of the US, with manager Jurgen Klopp unimpressed with his attitude.
This is what makes the £20 million Liverpool are demanding astounding, should they manage to get it.
Sakho has not played a first team game since early April 2016, and his transfer value should be reflective of this.
If several teams are interested then of course the Reds are entitled to push the price up and try and create a market for the international standard defender, but if they get it, Liverpool may be pulling off one of the best deals of the transfer window.
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