Merseyside Giants Liverpool are in talks with Sporting
Lisbon over a deal for forward Gelson Martins as they Are being priced out of a
move for Roma's Mohamed Salah.
Reports in Portugal claim Martins, 22, is in the list of Liverpool
Transfer Target after salah’s opening offer of £28m was rejected.
Roma are believed to want more than £40m touted as the
original price tag for the 24-year-old Egyptian leaving Liverpool to consider
moving on alternative targets unless the Italian side compromise.
Liverpool are understood to have now made contact with
Sporting for Portugal international Martins, who has a release clause of about £50m.
But this is likely to be negotiable as Sporting have not
automatically qualified for the Champions League group stage and are facing
financial pressures.
Martins was Sporting's standout player last season and fits
in with the profile of the fast wide player Klopp is seeking as Liverpool
prepare to return to the Champions League, having qualified for the play-off
round.
Salah, who almost joined Liverpool from FC Basel in January
2014 before moving to Chelsea in an £11m deal, was the first option.
Keita Balde of Lazio and Bayern Munich's Douglas Costa have
also been under consideration from Klopp and his recruitment team.
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