Mamadou Sakho has not kicked a ball for Liverpool this season.
France Football have reported that Mamadou Sakho is almost certain to leave Liverpool in the January transfer window.
The 26-year-old has not kicked a ball for the Reds this season after being outcased by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
The German manager is said to have been annoyed with the Frenchman’s conduct and he has subsequently exiled him from the first team.
It was reported by The Mirror last week that the former Paris Saint-Germain centre-back – an £18 million signing in 2013, according to The Daily Post – has accepted the likelyhood that his spell at Anfield is over.
And France Football today claimed that there is a 99.9% chance that he will leave the Merseyside club in the winter.
Some Liverpool fans might regret that a resolution between him and Klopp does not likely. There may be questions over his behaviour, but Sakho, as a player, certainly proved last season that he has a lot to offer and the Reds’ squad is weaker without him in it.
Selling him would bring in extra money to reinvest in a replacement who actually has a chance of playing, but finding proven Premier League-class defenders can be tricky and there is always the chance that it does not work out.
He is contracted to Liverpool until 2020, meaning that the club could bring in a decent amount for him, if and when he is sold.
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