Liverpool are one of three clubs who have “met” with Wolves to discuss the conditions for signing Rayan Ait-Nouri, according to Caught Offside.

The website claims that the Reds, Manchester City and Chelsea have all sent representatives to enquire about the Algerian.

Ait-Nouri will be sold this summer if a team meets his €45m (£38m) asking price. However, Wolves are not willing to negotiate below this fee and that has been communicated to all parties involved.

No club has so far decided to table a bid, and the reason for that is likely because they know the proposal will be rejected if they don’t match the valuation.

Wolves don’t need to sell Ait-Nouri

The Midlands club were under pressure to offload players last summer to comply with the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability rules but it is a completely different situation now.

They have already sold Max Kilman to West Ham for £40m so the chances of Liverpool persuading them to sell Ait-Nouri for anything less than £38m is very low.

Liverpool have not prioritised a move for a left-back

There is an argument to say that the Reds could do with reinforcing their options on the left-hand side of defence. Andy Robertson is the wrong side of 30 and his understudy Kostas Tsimikas (28) is not much younger.

However, it is believed that sporting director Richard Hughes and the recruitment team have focused their efforts on signing a wide forward, a holding midfielder and a centre-half.

It does suggest that a bid for Ait-Nouri before the window closes next month is unlikely. It’s always hard to predict what Liverpool will do in the transfer market, though, so we shall have to wait and see whether the Algerian international does become a top target.

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