Report: Liverpool make official contact for 20-year-old who would command club record fee

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Liverpool are searching for wide talent to replace Mohamed Salah, and 20-year-old winger Bazoumana Toure is someone they are pursuing with intent. He might be raw, but Liverpool have seen enough to make an approach, and they have been given a hint as to what kind of bid will be deemed acceptable — nothing but a club record fee for Hoffenheim will do.

PICK YOUR DREAM FRONT THREE 👀 Two sides stacked with attacking firepower 🔥 Photo by MB Media/Getty Images Liverpool told price as they step up pursuit of Bazoumana Toure Last week, Hoffenheim sporting director Andreas Schicker addressed the rumours linking his young star with a move away.He told Sky Sports Germany: “Bazou has developed very well. “With him, it’s like this: if there’s interest – which you can tell because he delivers week after week – then it has to be in a league that Hoffenheim hasn’t seen before.”Photo by Simon Hofmann/Getty ImagesWe only need to look back a few years to Newcastle’s acquisition of then-attacker Joelinton, who Eddie Howe transformed into an all-action number eight.

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