Manchester United are ready to battle Liverpool for RB Leipzig star Naby Keita.
Jurgen Klopp has tabled a number of bids for the 22-year-old but the Bundesliga side have refused to let him leave.
Keita is keen on a switch to Anfield ahead of the new Premier League season and the Reds are ready to make a new offer after a £57m bid was rejected last week.
Football Whispers say that behind closed doors the German club are willing to do business and that United are interested in the midfielder.
They say Manchester City, Inter Milan and Juventus are all ready to fight for Keita as well.
Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has told Southampton to demand mega money for Virgil van Dijk because of the way Liverpool have chased his signature.
“They can pay for it, write a cheque out,” he said on talkSPORT.
“You've got big mouths and you want to go about things a certain way and I'm completely sure that if had it done to them they would be screaming from the rafters.
“I think the way Southampton will consequence this is by consequencing Liverpool's cheque book.
“You look at the centre-back department and you look at boys like (Michael) Keane going for £25-30m and you look at the boy at Middlesbrough, (Ben) Gibson, who may well go for £25-30m.
“If Steve Gibson wants his way then he will go for £25-30m. You look at Virgil van Dijk and he is a top player and I don't see any reason why Southampton should compromise and I'm sure they won't.
“They will have their pound of flesh and hopefully Liverpool will pay for behaving in a certain way.”
Liverpool have received a £10m bid from Newcastle for Sheyi Ojo.
The England Under-20 international has spent the past six years at Anfield since moving from MK Dons.
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According to The Sun, Rafa Benitez has been in touch with Klopp over a deal for Ojo.
They say that conversation involves the £10m offer - after Newcastle saw a previous loan bid rejected.
Ojo will now miss Liverpool’s pre-season trip to the Far East to discuss a move to the north east.
