According to Le10 Sport, Boubakary Soumare is hoping for an offer from Liverpool in the coming months.
What’s the story?
Soumare was the centre of a intriguing story on transfer deadline day.
Newcastle manager Steve Bruce revealed that the Magpies had a bid of £45m rejected for the Lille midfielder – however, the 20-year-old declined to make the move. The latest information says that Les Dogues could have picked up €60m (£50.6m) for his services.
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It appears, though, that he still wants a move to the Premier League – the Reds and Manchester United are said to be his two choices.
Good news
With an offer on the table from a Premier League side, it could have been very easy for Soumare to strike a deal with the Toon and make the switch to St. James’ Park.
He would have been almost guaranteed game time considering the record fee that he would have cost, and it may have provided the perfect stepping stone on to bigger and better things.
However, by rejecting the approach, it shows an interesting character trait that should be taken in to consideration by Jurgen Klopp and co if they decide to make a move for him in the summer.
Here is a player who clearly believes in his own ability, and wants to play at the highest possible level. Even at 20, he is not prepared to be conservative – he is only looking to improve and move forward. No disrespect to the North East outfit, but a mid-table English club would be a step down from a side that was in the Champions League this season.
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This summer will be about preparing the Anfield side for what looks to be an inevitable title defence – they are now 22 points clear at the top of the table with just 13 matches left to play. With the likes of Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum and James Milner all approaching or already over 30, some fresh blood would not go amiss.
Soumare’s attitude indicates that he would fit in nicely on Merseyside.
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