Liverpool has the best papers to take over Renato Sanches from Lille OSC, reports include L’Equipe. The English reportedly have 35 million euros for the midfielder who was active with Portugal at the European Championship. Sanches is seen as the ideal successor to Georginio Wijnaldum who left for Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer. In England, a five-year contract is ready for him, with an annual salary of 4.5 million euros.
Sanches had a base place with the Portuguese team, the European Championship already came to an end for the midfielder in the eighth final, as Belgium proved too strong for the European champion of 2016 with 1-0. pillars under the success of Lille, which PSG managed to keep from the league title in France. In addition to Liverpool, Arsenal would also be in the market for the former Bayern Munich midfielder.
Five years ago, Bayern transferred 35 million euros for the midfielder from Benfica. Bee of the Rekordmeister however, he was unable to secure a permanent place. After a loan period with Swansea City, Sanches joined Lille in mid-2019. His contract there runs for two more seasons. It is not known whether he actually wants to exchange the French champion for Liverpool.
Various options have already been put forward in the search for a successor to Wijnaldum. In recent weeks, Lorenzo Pellegrini (AS Roma), Christoph Baumgartner (TSG Hoffenheim), Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Mönchengladbach) have joined the Reds linked. Manager Jurgen Klopp would have liked to keep Wijnaldum for Liverpool, but the various parties were unable to reach an agreement on a new contract at Anfield.
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