Liverpool eyeing Chelsea’s two deadline-day transfer targets

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The Athletic’s David Ornstein reports that Kone’s proposed switch to Stamford Bridge had been ‘very close’ to completion before Chelsea ‘pivoted’ to Monaco’s Camara. Chelsea had been ‘very close’ to signing Kone before switching their focus to Camara (Picture: Getty) Camara saw a move to Stamford Bridge collapse on deadline day (Picture: Getty) It’s claimed Liverpool have also held a genuine interest in Camara, even before Curtis Jones departed Anfield to join Serie A champions Inter Milan this summer.

Kone and Camara have three years remaining on their respective deals with Roma and Monaco. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video After Camara’s move to Chelsea broke down in spectacular fashion, the player’s agent took to social media to unleash a furious rant against Monaco’s treatment of the Senegal international. ‘The cases of Ismaila Sarr and Lamine Camara must all interrogate us,’ Diomansy Kamara – former West Brom and Fulham striker – wrote on his Instagram page. ‘We have to get out of this logic where the African player can sometimes give the feeling that he is just a commodity: you buy it, you set its price, you negotiate its future and, too often, your will seems to go to the background. ‘Our African players deserve respect.

The respect of their career. Liverpool got a £123m deal over the line for Barcola (Picture: Getty) ‘Let’s never forget what’s important: behind every success, it’s the players who write history first.’ While they were keeping tabs on developments surrounding both Camara and Kone, Liverpool’s hierarchy concentrated their efforts on wrapping up a deal for Bradley Barcola in the back-end of the transfer window.