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Reliable Liverpool reporter Neil Jones has emphatically addressed transfer rumours linking the Reds with Benjamin Pavard.
Christian Falk told
CaughtOffside in recent days that Jurgen Klopp’s side are ‘a hot candidate’ for the defender, who has informed Bayern Munich of his wishes to move on from the Allianz Arena.
However, speaking to
The Redmen TV‘s Journo Insight show, the GOAL journalist made it very clear that the Anfield club have no interest in moving for the France international.
Jones said:
“I didn’t think it made sense when it first emerged from his point of view and from Liverpool’s point of view. If it was a free transfer or something like that, you’d say maybe there would be a little bit in there.
“Dismissing transfer stories – especially transfer stories that are sourced by good journalists and reliable journalists – is always a dangerous thing, but Liverpool have dismissed it. Liverpool have said that it’s not true, we’re not in for him, we’re not after him, he’s not a target.
“Liverpool club sources dismiss a lot of players that are linked with Liverpool because a lot of players are linked within Liverpool. It’s very rare, in fact, I can’t think of anyone that they’ve ever done it in those explicit terms of: ‘Look, it’s not happening.’
“Sometimes you might get the wishy-washy dismissal of ‘not really much going on there’ or ‘not at this moment in time’. It wasn’t that. It was: ‘We don’t want this player.’
“I don’t expect him to be a Liverpool player this summer. Whoever I’ve been speaking to Liverpool doesn’t either. It will be interesting to see where he does end up, but I don’t think it’ll be Anfield.”
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