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title: "Reds confident of offloading Sakho for £30m"
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published: "2017-07-07T16:30:23Z"
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# Reds confident of offloading Sakho for £30m

Liverpool are confident they will be able to sell outcast Mamadou Sakho for £30million amid mounting interest in the defender, according to the [Echo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/30m-sakho-transfer-liverpool-klopp-13296992).

Sakho moved to Anfield for £18million in 2013 and established himself as a first-team regular before a fallout with the club over disciplinary issues.

The Frenchman joined Crystal Palace on loan in January and was integral to their survival bid, even as a knee injury cut his season short.

Sakho is currently undergoing rehabilitation at Melwood and training away from the rest of the squad.

The *Echo* reports that the club have received “a flood of enquiries” regarding the 27-year old, with Palace currently the front-runners.

![Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2017/07/522673584.jpg)

It is understood that personal terms have already been agreed but the London club are reluctant to meet Liverpool’s asking price.

“I think that is going to be a very difficult one for us to do,” chairman Steve Parish said last month. “I think Liverpool want a big number for him.

“That is a tough one to make happen on a permanent basis. We need to look at the budgets and be realistic.”

Nonetheless, given that Sakho still has three years left on his current deal, the Reds maintain that £30million is a fair price.

Klopp is in the market for a new centre-back, and the money from Sakho’s potential departure could fund swoops for reported targets Stefan de Vrij and Jonathan Tah.