There are numerous players who are linked to a particular club for years and years, window after window, without the deal ever being completed. Liverpool are no strangers to this phenomenon.
In the last week, the Reds have been rumoured to be considering a move for Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic, and links with him date back well over two years. There have been stories suggesting that Watford’s Ismaila Sarr has been on Liverpool’s shopping list for just as long, yet it seems their interest remains elsewhere.
As the ECHO has reported in the past, Sarr is a talent who has previously been on Liverpool's transfer shortlist having been likened in some quarters to Sadio Mane.