Jadon Sancho shows off quick feet in Borussia Dortmund training
Liverpool could beat Manchester United to Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho this summer, which could see Jurgen Klopp sell Mohamed Salah or Sadio Mane, ex-Premier League ace Danny Mills claims. Sancho, 20, has been tipped to head to the Premier League at the end of the season.
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The former Premier League defender added Sancho's arrival could see Salah or Mane quit Anfield.
“Sancho would provide competition for places,” Mills told Football Insider.
“At some point, that front three has got to change and it is how Klopp changes that and integrates that.
“If Sancho comes in and he does well Klopp may feel he may let Sadio Mane or Mohamed Salah go.
“I do not think it would be a direct replacement. He would be brought in to enhance the squad and increase competition.
“They will not be able to guarantee it but Sancho will ask if he is going to be a bench warmer in any potential deal. That is one of the big things.”
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Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold fuelled the Sancho transfer rumours last week, with the defender urging his countryman to head to Anfield.
"If he came to us, he'd make our team better," Alexander-Arnold said during an Instagram Live session.
"So, I'd be more than happy for him to come because I played with him at England and he's a special, special, special, special talent."
Despite Alexander-Arnold's plea to get Sancho to Liverpool, European football expert Julien Laurens reckons United remain in the driving seat for his signature.
"United are still very much leading the race for Jadon Sancho," Laurens said.
"There have already been talks between the two clubs, between Sancho and United as well.
"The other day he was doing a live Instagram and someone put a question 'sip a bit of water if you're going to sign for United' and what did he do? He drank the water, obviously.
"So listen, I think it will happen, I think he will choose United.
"He will have a lot of clubs after him, he will pick whoever he wants.
"But I think United right now are by far the most serious contender.
"I think [Ole Gunnar] Solskjaer, Ed Woodward and everybody at that club knows this could be the summer where their rebuilding process gets better, because they'll be able to spend more than everybody else.
"It's a great strategy, but they're working really hard behind the scenes to get all of their transfers ready, see where they can spend their money, and they'll be really ambitious in the transfer market."