Likely. My hypothesis is as follows:
1) left two years on his contact
2) owner failed to get his contact extension
3) owner will not want him to leave for free
4) player told owner if any deal is to be done it has to be Liverpool.
5) he is likely to run contract down and leave on a free if otherwise
6) means Lyon has to sell and if not now when
Lyon has to sell now to Liverpool even at a slightly lower valuation to extract maximum value for him or risk losing him on a free. Reasons are as above. Fingers crossed.
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