Federico Valverde starred for Real Madrid in their 1-0 win over Liverpool in the Champions League final last season, where he assisted the only goal of the tie.
The midfielder has developed in Madrid in recent years and become one of the key figures under Carlo Ancelotti. This has not gone unnoticed.
AS on Tuesday explain that Liverpool are one of the clubs to have taken note of the 24-year-old’s evolution with the La Liga winners.
It’s explained the Reds made a ‘brutal offensive to hire’ the player in the last two days of the summer window. Their interest reached such a point that the Merseyside club were ‘willing to pay €100m to convince’ the Spanish champions.
This would been the second biggest sale in Los Blancos’ history, but they didn’t take this into consideration. They ‘did not even say a word’ about the possibility of Valverde’s sale to Liverpool, especially after letting Casemiro seal a move to Manchester United.
Real Madrid knew this would happen with the Uruguay international, which is why in April 2021 they secured his long-term future until 2027 and inserted a release clause of €1bn.
The South American had no problem in not even talking to Liverpool, after Ancelotti had made it clear that he will have an important role this season.
Jürgen Klopp asked the Premier League side for a new midfielder and Liverpool fulfilled the manager’s wish by signing Arthur on loan from Juventus on the deadline day.
Going from a €100m offer to taking Arthur on loan is a big leap, and would put some doubt on these claims.
