The Frenchman was on the cusp of completing a £53million switch to Anfield last summer before the deal collapsed at the final hour. Liverpool had agreed terms with Lyon and the player who even underwent a medical in Paris before the World Cup. It’s believed he even conducted an interview with LFC TV before the club decided to pull out of the deal in the most dramatic transfer saga of last summer. The Reds have never revealed the reason behind their decision to walk away from proceedings while there has been talk that their doctors had doubts over his knee ligament reconstruction.

Source: Express June 13, 2019 09:22 UTC