According to media outlet Diario AS, Premier League side Liverpool offered €100million for Real Madrid star Federico Valverde in the last days of the transfer window.

Liverpool were desperately looking to add a midfielder with injuries to the likes of Thiago Alcantara, Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita, Fabio Carvalho, Curtis Jones, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

However, Real Madrid found Liverpool’s €100million offer for Valverde unacceptable despite the fact that fee would have made Valverde the second most expensive sale at the club ever, only surpassed by the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus in 2018.

Real Madrid found Liverpool’s offer for Valverde brutal and offensive, as the European and Spanish champions dismissed the offer from the Premier League side. Real Madrid were also unwilling to sell a key player that late in the transfer window.

Valverde remains under contract with Real until the summer of 2027, after only just extending his contract last summer. He has made 155 appearances for Real Madrid.