But it is reported the Turkish club can’t afford to fee Liverpool are asking for and instead want to sign him up for another year-long loan deal. Dembele is valued at roughly £85million, with Barcelona ready to take a loss on the £120m they paid in 2017. According to transfer expert Ian McGarry, Chelsea made a formal approach to sign Sancho from Borussia Dortmund in the January transfer window. It is reported Dortmund are asking for £102million in return for Sancho but that doesn’t include the £42m fee to the player’s agent. Liverpool have spent big in previous years, paying out a record fee worth £75m to sign Virgil van Dijk in 2018 but that is more than half what Sancho could potentially cost.

Source: Express January 05, 2020 07:41 UTC