Liverpool are staring down the barrel of a mammoth fee if they are to sign Naby Keita from RB Leipzig.
Jurgen Klopp is keen on the young Guinea international but may have to pay a figure of around £70m to get him.
Eye-water for some, but money well spent according to Liverpool favourite Didi Hamann.
He tells the Liverpool Echo that such a figure wouldn't put him off buying Keita at all.
“It’s no good saying the market value is £30million because you aren’t going to get someone like that for that fee," he said.
“If Liverpool had to pay £60million or £70million to get Keita it wouldn’t worry me. You are buying a top player for years to come.”
JIM BOARDMAN: Liverpool should not be looking over their shoulders at free-spending Everton
Everton are usually a welcome distraction from Liverpool’s own transfer mess-ups during the close season, bringing light relief from the despair of all Ian Ayre’s failed shopping trips.
At least the ex-Reds CEO was going shopping – Everton seemed happy to just make do and mend with cast-offs whilst moaning about their neighbour’s attempts to buy success. This season it’s all changed.
Not the bit where Liverpool make transfer blunders, as Virgil van Dijk would probably be only too glad to tell you , but the bit where Everton treat the transfer window as a spectator sport.
Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom finally leaves Anfield - four years after his last appearance
Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom has signed for Derby County on a permanent deal.
The left-back has not featured for the Reds since 2013 but has spent time out on loan.
However, Jurgen Klopp has given Wisdom the green light to quit Anfield for good.
“I knew I was going to leave Liverpool and it was just a case of when and where to," Wisdom told Rams TV.
“Even though I had time remaining on my contract it was about finding the right fit.
“Everyone knows that I love Derby so I think this is a great time to make this move.