Liverpool FC ready to renew their interest in Southampton's Nathaniel ClyneLiverpool FC are ready to renew their interest in Southampton full-back Nathaniel Clyne.The Reds had a £10m bid rejected by Saints last month, but are now preparing an improved offer as they look to bring the England international to Anfield.Southampton value Clyne at £15m, despite the fact that the 24-year-old has just one year remaining on his contract at St Mary’s.The South Coast club have offered an extension to that deal, but are privately resigned to losing the former Crystal Palace man, and will now seek to extract the maximum possible price this summer.
Liverpool see Clyne as a key signing, with their need for a new right-back amplified by the departure of Glen Johnson on a free transfer.
Clyne has made 104 appearances since joining Southampton in 2012, and has worked his way into the senior England squad during that time. He picked up his fifth full cap as a substitute during the Euro 2016 qualifying win in Slovenia on Sunday.
Liverpool do not anticipate a swift conclusion to negotiations, with relations between themselves and Southampton frosty following the events of last summer, when the Reds signed Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren.
Manchester United are also monitoring Clyne’s situation, though there is a growing feeling that the Old Trafford club may look elsewhere for their new full-back.
Clyne is understood to be keen on a move to Anfield.Liverpool are hoping to wrap up a deal for another young defender, Charlton’s Joe Gomez, in the next week. The Reds are prepared to pay an initial £3.5m for the 18-year-old, who can play as a right back or centre back, with the fee rising due to performance-related add-ons.
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