Premier League giants Liverpool have rejected a bid from Marseille for Japanese midfielder Wataru Endo, according to reports.
Endo, 31, joined from Stuttgart for around £16million last August.
He played 43 times across all competitions as the Reds won the Carabao Cup in Jurgen Klopp s last season.
The Japanese international was brought in by Klopp for midfield depth following the sales of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson, and ended up being a very useful signing.
He grew into his role at Anfield after a relatively slow start improving every week as he adapted to Premier League football.
Endo has not been linked with a transfer away from Liverpool this summer, however, a bid from French giants has reportedly come in out of the blue.
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Liverpool manager Arne Slot is reportedly looking to hijack a Manchester United move for Matthijs de Ligt, as he sees him as the perfect replacement for Ibrahima Konate.
Slot is seemingly carefully deciding what he wants his squad to look like after inheriting it from Jurgen Klopp. Indeed, two months into the transfer window, the Dutchman is yet to sign a single player.
But he clearly has ideas about the makeup of the Liverpool side, having , who played 37 times under Slot s predecessor last season.
Instead, he d like to sign Bayern Munich defender De Ligt, who has been linked with the Reds at times this summer, and would clearly make a good partner for Virgil van Dijk, given the pair have played a lot of football together for the Netherlands.
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