Liverpool transfer target’s move to Bundesliga club at risk – originally posted on Sportslens.com
With Jadon Sancho’s move to Manchester United nearly finalised, Dortmund will look to reinvest the money to strengthen the team after the loss of one of their greatest stars.
One of the rumoured replacements is PSV Eindhoven’s Donyell Malen. The 22-year-old shone in the Eredivisie this past seaon, scoring 19 goals in 32 domestic games, and notching 5 more in the Europa League. However, reports from Bild indicate that the deal may not be as straightforward as once thought.
The two clubs remain far apart in their valuation of the young Dutch attacker, with Dortmund unwilling to pay more than €27 million, while the Eredivisie club demands “well over €30 million”.
Another sticking point is the player’s salary demands and agent, as Dortmund are reluctant to deal with super-agent Mino Raiola, who aims to increase Malen’s wages threefold from his current €2 million a year deal with PSV.
Reported Liverpool Interest in Malen
As reported previously on Sportslens, Liverpool remain interested in the 22-year-old, and could theoretically offer a better deal for both Eindhoven and the player than Dortmund.
It’s possible that Raiola is leveraging Liverpool’s interest to negotiate a better contract from Dortmund (as he has in the past for Haaland), but if Liverpool are genuinely interested, Dortmund would need to accept the player’s demands, whether they are around playing time or exit clauses in the contract a la Erling Haaland.
Dortmund still remain in pole position to sign the young star. The prolific Dutch attacker is able to play on both wings and as a striker.
Were the deal to go through, he could slot into the right-wing slot left vacant by Sancho, but Kicker also reports that new Dortmund coach Marco Rose may seek to pair him up with Erling Haaland in a two striker formation, which he often utilised at his former club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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