“I said no” – Player with nearly 500 appearances for club turned down move to Liverpool

Nantes goalkeeper Anthony Lopes has claimed that he turned down the opportunity to seal a move to Liverpool’s in last summer’s transfer window.

Giorgi Mamardashbili is set to join the Reds at the end of the season, having agreed to move there last year, prior to remaining at Valencia for the whole of the 2024/25 campaign.

It could spell the end for Caoimhin Kelleher, potentially seeing him drop to being Liverpool’s third-choice ‘keeper, and will have to decide whether it makes sense to move on in the summer and find a new permanent club.

Speaking to Foot Mercato [via Sport Witness], Lopes claimed that he opted not to join Liverpool last year, but would have contemplated a move later in the summer window.