Bournemouth of England attacker, Arnaut Danjuma is attracting ‘concrete’ summer transfer interest from Liverpool, but his club’s top brass are not ready to let him go, megasportsarena.com reports.
Interest in the former Club Brugge of Belgium attacker comes hot on the heels of similar links coming his way with Villarreal of Spain as well as West Ham United and Leeds United of England, but The Cherries are not willing to lose him.
In their desperate bid to keep hold of the youngster, who was born in Lagos to a Nigerian mother and Belgian father, Bournemouth slammed a mammoth €25m asking price on the lad’s signature and rejected a formal €15m bid from Villarreal.
Latest information on offer now has it that Samuel Chukwueze’s Spanish LaLIga club may end up losing their bid for Danjuma to Liverpool, who appear keen on reaching an agreement with Bournemouth over a possible deal for the attacker-cum-winger.
A report by Spanish publication, Marca added: “Such is his growing reputation that several Premier League teams are interested in his services, including Liverpool.
“Villarreal are also keen but they can’t afford Danjuma’s fee at this moment. He is their number one target this summer, however, Bournemouth’s €25m asking price is proving too high.
“They’ve already seen a €15m bid rejected and are unwilling to ‘do anything crazy’ to get the deal over the line.”
Liverpool’s coach, Jurgen Klopp appeared to hint at the likelihood of a concrete move for Danjuma in the coming days, as he lamented his side’s lack of firepower in their recent loss to Hearth Berlin of Germany.
Speaking in the wake of the pre-season friendly against the German Bundesliga side, Klopp admitted he wants to improve on certain departments in his squad, especially in attack.
Kiopp added after Thursday’s defeat to Hertha Berlin: “We have to improve in all departments, of course. We played some really good stuff, that’s true, but if we didn’t score from it, who cares?
“It is clear we have to improve; we have to improve offensively as well. But from a formation point of view – how compact the formation is and so on – we have some space [to improve], but that’s always the same.
“When I look back at the years, it was always learning defending again, like pressing again, is as much to do with timing. Timing has to do with a clear brain and fresh legs especially – in the pre-season.”
