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A €14M bid has been rejected but with clubs in Germany also interested it appears Liverpool may be prepared to sell their only established DM.
Liverpool signed Wataru Endo from Stuttgart last summer for £16M, securing the 31-year-old defensive midfielder after failing to land the pricier, Chelsea-bound Moises Caicedo as the Reds scrambled to bring in a player who could handle the six role.
A year on, though, it appears that the club are preparing to sell him after multiple journalists with ties to the club reported that Liverpool recently rejected a €14M offer from Marseille—a sizeable offer from a French club it’s impossible to imagine arriving without encouragement from somewhere.
It’s news that has many scratching their heads, given Endo remains the club’s only senior, established option for the six, with every other option at Arne Slot’s disposal either young and inexperienced or a positionally flexible player capable of filling in in a pinch.
A bid of around €19M by Marseille or one of the unnamed German clubs would match the £16M paid last summer, and every story about the situation—all of which appear club-briefed—despite saying Liverpool aren’t actively looking to sell suggest an improved offer might tempt them.
Whether this means a specialist midfielder is set to be secured shortly, one the club have done a very good job of keeping a lid on, or if the Reds are content heading into 2024-25 with Stefan Bajcetic and Tyler Morton as the players most suited to the role remains unknown.
