Liverpool failed with summer offer for Sporting CP wing-back Nuno Mendes

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·12 January 2021

Liverpool failed with summer offer for Sporting CP wing-back Nuno Mendes

Liverpool failed with a summer offer for Sporting CP wing-back Nuno Mendes, it has been revealed.

Liverpool reportedly submitted an offer of €25million (£22.5m) to sign Mendes.

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Mendes, 18, is the latest prodigious talent to emerge from the Portuguese club's academy and has been linked with Premier League giants Manchester United and Liverpool.

Goal says the Reds tabled a hefty offer for the Portugal Under-21 star last summer, though their approach was swiftly rejected by Sporting.

Liverpool were searching for a left-back to provide back-up for Andy Robertson and - after their Mendes bid failed - brought Kostas Tsimikas to Anfield.

In a further blow to the Reds, Mendes penned a new long-term deal in late 2020 which included a release clause set at an eye-watering €70million (£63m).