20 Feb 2018 11:13:46
There is a piece in the Spanish media ( Diario Gol) from Marco Asensio saying he had offers from five clubs including Liverpool, but club president Florentino Perez did not want to sell.

Is this true? and if it is, do we know when this was?


1.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 11:35:08
Pinch of salt. Zero chance he will be playing for us.


2.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 11:41:58
I've literally just asked about him on the Real Madrid page. I would love Liverpool to be interested, he is an exceptional player who bafflingly isn't getting much time at Madrid (despite the season they are having) .

I expect that there will be teams with much more money and in much more glamorous locations than us though. Which is a shame.

If we can prove that we can challenge at the top for a couple of seasons then that is the sort of player we will be able to go after.

{Ed002's Note - There was an enquiry last summer from Liverpool that was discussed at the time. There are a couple of sides still interested and there has been a couple of discussions with one.}


3.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 11:43:11
Probably did ask and Agent. listened to offers. But was a typical tactic to get RM to play ball.

{Ed002's Note - This was dealt with last summer.}


4.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 11:56:16
Cheers Ed, would that enquiry have been before the club bought Salah?

Or is that unrelated? Perhaps he was seen as a potential replacement for Coutinho?

{Ed002's Note - Yes. Last summer Marco Asensio was the subject of interest from Arsenal who were looking at one time to replace Sanchez with him, Liverpool who saw him as an option to Brandt, Monaco as part of any deal for Mbappe and Juventus amongst others. Interersted sides were told he is not for sale and Real Madrid were unwilling to have discussions with clubs about the player although they were concerned that they would be tested by Barcelona looking to pay his release clause - in which case it would be down to the player to decide if he would be open to a move to Barcelona. That never happened of course. More recently there has been interest from two sides and there has been some discussions with one. The Liverpool interest dates from early June.}


5.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 12:29:48
I guess we can expect the inevitable frenzy linking him to us as part of a deal for Salah.

The question is, would that make it a more palatable deal if it did happen?


6.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 12:32:22
Cheers for the info Ed much appreciated.

Must be said i'm surprised you haven't suggested a Salah/ Asensio swap deal to wind up a few people on here!

{Ed002's Note - Cash, plus Keylor Navas and Dani Ceballos on loan with an option to buy would be more likely.}


7.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 12:57:25
Maybe they'll throw in Vazquez as well Ed, if we still have an interest? 😉 direct Salah replacement on the right 👀.


8.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 13:44:06
Hope they have 200 mil lying around :) wouldn't really be interested in staggered payments!


9.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 16:32:59
Haha, i don't even think its possible that LFC could be that dumb.


10.) 21 Feb 2018
21 Feb 2018 01:27:46
Do we know if the player wants to leave? Or if real are trying to sell him to finance neymar and/ or hazard? Do we know how big of a fan of his Klopp is? Seems lately if Klopp wants, Klopp will get the player he wants.