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Olympique Marseille have reportedly had their £12million bid for Wataru Endo rejected by Liverpool.
Marseille are looking to bounce back from a poor season in Ligue 1, which saw them finish in seventh place and deprived them of European football for the upcoming season. Following the departure of Jean-Louis Gasset, Marseille have recruited Roberto de Zerbi and the Italian has already signed Mason Greenwood, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Ismael Kone, among others.
According to The Mirror, Marseille’s next target is Liverpool’s Endo, for whom the Phocéens lodged a £12million bid, which was immediately rejected by the Reds as the Premier League club have no interest in letting the Japanese midfielder leave Anfield this summer.
Offer immediately refused by the Reds
Liverpool signed Endo from Stuttgart last summer for a reported £16.2million after the Reds missed out on signing Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia, who both opted to join Chelsea.
While the Japanese midfielder was not a firm starter for Jurgen Klopp last season, new Liverpool manager Arne Slot has said he will make his squad decisions at the end of pre-season and it is possible that Endo could become a key player in the team under Slot.
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