Top Liverpool transfer target rejected three offers for Reds move

A top Liverpool transfer target rejected three offers before moving to Anfield.

Buying a player in real life can be a complex business and often it’s not as simple as offering what a selling club deems to be an acceptable amount.

There can be moving parts and chains that mean one deal can’t go through until Buyer A has sold to Seller B.

Often news of other interest can muddy the waters.

We’ve spent ages wondering why Liverpool weren’t spending any money before they surprised us all with a flurry of activity, and now fresh information is emerging about how difficult that was.

The move for Wolves forward Diogo Jota was a real Michael Edwards masterclass. Nobody had a sniff of the transfer until it was nearly completed – it had shades of the Fabinho one about it.

Thiago took a little longer to move to Liverpool. We’ve been linked with him for the full transfer window and there was definitely a sense of relief when Jurgen Klopp got his man.

New information has indicated that the Reds were fighting off interest from three others sides. Paisley Gates reported that Manchester United, Barcelona and Bayern Munich fought hard to land Thiago.

Cadena Ser wrote that the head honchos at Barca weren’t content with stealing Gini Wijnaldum away from us, they also pushed to bring Thiago back to Catalonia; he wasn’t having any of it.

United were up next as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer went cap-in-hand to try and convince the man David Moyes turned down to make the former Theatre of Dreams his home for the next few years. He returned empty handed, as you’d expect.

Munich, of course, wanted Thiago to remain with them. He was their best player in the lead up to the Champions League final but had already decided to make Liverpool his home.

So there you have it, the Reds brushed off three competitors to land their man. And he already looks to be worth every penny.