Liverpool and Man Utd must pay more than €60m to sign energetic midfielder, £29m already rejected

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Liverpool and Manchester United have learned that it will take more than €60m (£51m) to sign AS Monaco star Lamine Camara. Now, however, a fresh report carried by French newspaper Monaco-Matin, via Sport Witness, suggests that Monaco want more than €60m (£51.2m) to sell Camara, although the Ligue 1 club doesn’t want to sell.

Clubs in England are tracking the midfielder’s situation, with Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace all very keen on Camara. Camara not desperate to leave Monaco Crucially, Monaco-Matin reports that Camara is not desperate to leave Monaco, which puts the French club in a comfortable position.

With the Ligue 1 club requiring ‘a substantial offer’ to let Camara leave, the player’s willingness to spend a third season at AS Monaco makes negotiations with them difficult. Liverpool like Camara, but what they need is a traditional No.6 With Liverpool set to return to high-pressing, aggressively front-footed football under Andoni Iraola, their defence will be exposed regularly based on their current midfield makeup.