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title: "Lille reportedly agree to sell Sven Botman to major European club"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2021-02-15T06:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-02-15T06:00:00Z"
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# Lille reportedly agree to sell Sven Botman to major European club

Lille have agreed to sell star centre-back Sven Botman to an unnamed club this summer, according to *[Canal+](https://www.canalplus.com/)* \[via [https://twitter.com/GFFN/status/1361000504252334085?s=20](https://twitter.com/GFFN/status/1361000504252334085?s=20)*[Get French Football News](https://twitter.com/GFFN/status/1361000504252334085?s=20)*\].

The 21-year-old was [linked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=BpF3o7fI1vc) with a move to Liverpool in January, but [Ozan Kabak and Ben Davies](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55897340) ended up joining instead.

It is now claimed that Botman looks set to be on the move at the end of the season, however, leaving for a fee in the region of €40-45million.

The club that the Dutchman could head to isn’t revealed, but they are thought to be a big European team.

### Read Liverpool Verdict

With the news that Bayern Munich have [signed](https://twitter.com/FCBayernEN/status/1360907647948640264?s=20) Liverpool target Dayot Upamecano this summer, Jurgen Klopp will surely be looking at defensive alternatives.

Botman is an extremely exciting young centre-back with a bright future and he ticks a number of boxes required to be a success at Anfield.

He has won a monstrous average of [3.6 aerial duels](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/379732/Show/Sven-Botman) per game in Ligue 1 this season, which is [superior](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/26/Show/England-Liverpool) to Joe Gomez (3.0), Virgil van Dijk (2.4), Joel Matip (2.3) and Fabinho (2.1) in the Premier League in 2020/21.

Botman has also completed 85.7 percent of his passes, showing that he could thrive in Klopp’s ball-playing style of play.