Sometimes players are asked about interest from clubs who haven’t really been strongly linked with them, and it feels like the footballer, and/or those who represent him, wanted the question asked so the answer would hype up a transfer.
That’s the case with Lyon’s Maxwel Cornet. He certainly hasn’t been strongly linked with a move to Liverpool recently, yet beIN Sports have still asked him about interest from the Anfield club.
The answer looked to be a clear case of transfer flirting with Liverpool: “Of course it’s a great club, it’s flattering. I am under contract in Lyon until 2021 but you never know what is the football so we will see.”
The 22 year old attacker has a contract with Lyon until June 2021 and there’s always the chance he’s pressuring the club into offering a bumper new deal.
Jean-Michel Aulas, the French side’s president, may not take too kindly to one of his players speaking in public like this. Whether that leads to a transfer remains to be seen.
