Nabil Fekir’s former agent Jean-Pierre Bernes has revealed the real reason the French midfielder’s move to Liverpool broke down.
Fekir was on the verge of signing for Jurgen Klopp’s side in the summer of 2018 before the move suddenly stopped.
As quoted on GFFN, Bernes said:
Nabil was Liverpool’s priority. I worked for 4 months with the Liverpool representatives, with Jürgen Klopp, Jean-Michel Aulas, everything was ready. Nabil was already aware of his future contract, which would have seen him earn around €45m over 5 years. And on the day that the contract was supposed to be signed, at Rambouillet, we saw a lawyer and Nabil’s brother-in-law arrive who said: ‘Stop everything, discussions have to start all over again.’ It was surreal. We thought that we were in a Walt Disney film.
There were two elements. The player’s medical was negative and the second element was that when you want to sign for a big club like Liverpool, you need a certain attitude. When the Liverpool guys witnessed this cinema, they immediately… Sometimes when a player has an injury, representatives can make an effort to make it work.
The brother-in-law of Nabil Fékir all of a sudden acted like a player’s agent. He wanted a commission, everyone knows, it is fashionable these days. [Fékir] was on a cloud, he seemed to have transformed, he didn’t even greet the Liverpool representatives.
He arrived after the medical, everyone was looking at each other, the Liverpool representatives were wondering where they were. I was ashamed.
Is it a good thing Fekir never joined the Reds?
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Maybe. Judging by Bernes’ comments, it seems that Fekir’s mentality and attitude weren’t as expected.
The revealing interview also confirms that Fekir was carrying an injury, which resulted in his failed medical but that wasn’t the only reason for the move falling through.
It became a tussle between multiple people to get a cut from the deal and it was all too much drama for Liverpool, who simply did not want any part of it. Anyway, the Reds seem to be doing fine without the Frenchman.
