Fabrizio Romano explains what he’s heard about €35m deal LFC allegedly completed two weeks ago

Fabrizio Romano says that there are currently no advanced talks with any club to sign Renato Sanches while Barcelona have rejected the chance to sign him.

On Monday, we covered comments from Paul Gorst of the Liverpool Echo, who said that Sanches' wage demands would be too high given his likely squad role at Anfield.

These claims were evidently wide of the mark as they never came to fruition and, at the time, they sparked excitement from supporters.

He had previously been very reliable and now Fabrizio Romano claims that not only are Liverpool not in talks to sign the Portugal international, neither is any other club.

As he often does, the Italian journalist replied to a fan on Twitter asking for news about the 23-year-old.

"One day - another club. No, there’s nothing advanced yet! When something concrete/advanced will go on, I’ll do my best to tell you here as always."

Meanwhile, Barcelona are not considering signing the former Bayern Munich star despite the player being offered to Ronald Koeman.

Liverpool's plan remains to sign a central midfielder despite some suggestions in the British press that Jurgen Klopp does not see it as a priority.

The Athletic reported yesterday morning that had if the call had been left to him regarding the finances and the length of Georginio Wijnaldum's contract extension, Klopp would have given the Dutchman what he was asking for.

So to suggest that Klopp would go from wanting to keep one of his fittest, most experienced and most talented midfielders to not wanting to replace him is a ludicrous suggestion.

Whether Liverpool sign Saul, Sanches, Yves Bissouma, Florian Neuhaus or another of the hundreds of names linked with the Reds, one thing is clear: they will sign a midfielder at some point this summer.