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During a chat with Jim White from TalkSPORT, Napoli owner Aurelio de Laurentiis let slip Liverpool’s interest in Kalidou Koulibaly’s defensive partner, Nikola Maksimovic, as reported by the Mirror.

“This morning, I spoke to Aurelio De Laurentiis, the Napoli owner, and said what about your player [Koulibaly], are there bids in for him?” White recalled the conversation.



The Serie A side have already slapped a £100m figure on their star man amidst interest from other elite sides.



“He laughed it off saying he’s not for sale.



At 29 years of age, however, we find it somewhat hard to believe that the club’s interest in the Serbian is genuine.

Though the Reds may not make a move for either Serie A defenders, there are concerns that a failure to rectify our defensive crisis could lead to the title switching hands come the season end.

He’s absolutely not for sale unless one of the big clubs in England come up with £100million.” “He then says to me ‘I thought you were going to refer to our defender Nikola Maksimovic, the Serbian who is 29 years of age, and Liverpool ’s previous interest in him,” the radio host added.