Liverpool have second Lemar bid rejected

Liverpool have reportedly had a second bid turned down by AS Monaco for Thomas Lemar.

According to Sky Sports this evening, the reigning Ligue 1 champions have knocked back the Reds’ second advance to land the France international. 

Twitter: BREAKING: Monaco reject two bids from Liverpool for Thomas Lemar, according to Sky sources #SSN https://t.co/Pm11MPMyvF (@SkySportsNews)

Liverpool’s offer is claimed by Sky Sports’ Bryan Swanson to be worth a huge sum of around €70m. This would smash their current transfer record by almost double. 

Twitter: RT @skysports_bryan: We’re told Monaco reject two bids from Liverpool for Thomas Lemar. Latest offer around €70m (£64.8m). Monaco want Lema… (@SkySportsNews)

Monaco are adamant that Lemar won’t be sold, as they aim to retain the key players that they have left after offloading several first-team assets this summer.

Liverpool clearly want to add more attacking talent to the ranks, and Lemar appears to be a primary target.