Liverpool Transfer News: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is said to be keeping tabs on Maxwel Cornet (Image: GETTY)
The Ivory Coast international has been one of Lyon’s star performers this season, scoring 12 goals and picking up five assists in 36 appearances.
Cornet’s fine form is said to have caught the eye of a number of clubs across Europe, including Liverpool.
According to the Daily Mirror, Reds scouts watched Cornet in action against Marseille earlier this month and were impressed by what they saw of the 22-year-old.
Cornet is thrilled to have courted interest from the Merseysiders and has refused to rule out a move to Anfield.
In an interview with beIN Sports, he said: “Liverpool are a big club, any links are flattering.
“I’m under contract until 2021, but you never know in football so we’ll see.”
Cornett is keen to stay at Lyon but has yet to agree a new contract with the club.
“I did not say I wanted to leave,” he said when pressed on his future at the Lyon Olympic Stadium.
Liverpool Transfer News: Maxwel Cornet has been one of Lyon's star performers this season (Image: GETTY)
Liverpool are a big club, any links are flattering
Maxwel Cornet on a potential summer move to Liverpool
“We met the president in January, and I said I wanted to extend [my contract], but talks were not successful.”
It’s understood Liverpool still hold an interest in snapping up Cornet’s Lyon team-mate Nabil Fekir, who they were on the brink of signing last summer.
And earlier this week, they were boosted by the news the Ligue 1 side are willing to part company with the France international.
"Effectively, Nabil is outside [of the two departures expected], because we have an understanding that he can go," Lyon’s president Jean-Michel Aulas told the media after the club’s 3-2 win over Nimes on Friday night.
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