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The Athleticjournalist David Ornstein has ɾєⱱєɑłєԀ that a Ԁєɑł to takeFabinhofromLiverpooltoSaudi Arabiacould be ‘in jeopardy’.
Fabinho was left out of the Reds’ squad travelling to their training camp in Germany earlier this month afterLiverpool received a £40m offer from Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihadfor his services.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano explained a week ago that the transfer was believed to be ‘very advanced’ with a Ԁєɑł ‘done’ between the Brazil international and the Saudi club.
“Many things are moving aroundLiverpoolin terms of [their] midfield,”Romano told hisYouTubechannel on July 17. “This is a really crucial moment forLiverpool, it’s a revolution.
“They signed Alexis Mac Allister, they signed also Dominik Szoboszlai, but now betweenFabinhoand Al-Ittihad the agreement is done in terms of the player and under discussion betweenLiverpooland Al-Ittihad.
“Liverpool are waiting for the official documents to check some details of the payment terms, the instalments, so they’re still very cautious on the process.
“But, the negotiation is very advanced and ongoing. This is why Fabinho’s not withLiverpoolin Germany.”
Recent ɾєρօɾτs suggested that Fabinho’s transfer to Al-Ittihad could be called off after Saudi Arabia’s rules on “dangerous and aggressive dogs” could mean the Brazilian’stwo French bulldogsmight not be admitted into the country.
But Ornstein wrote in The Athleticthat ‘any doubt over the move has nothing to do with his two French bulldogs’ with the transfer now ‘in jeopardy’.
Despite ‘all parties remain committed to getting it done if possible’ but ‘there has been a delay to the process’ andFabinhois set to resume pre-season ρɾєρɑɾɑtions with the rest of theLiverpoolsquad.
Fabinho, who has ‘behaved impeccably thɾօυɢҺout’, will link up with the rest of Jurgen Klopp’s squad soon ‘unless a breakthɾօυɢҺ can be made in advance’.
Al-Ittihad’s desire to sign the former Monaco midfielder is ‘undiminished’ with Ornstein adding that ‘the strong links his representative Jorge MєɴԀes has toLiverpooland Saudi make it conceivable that the switch still happens despite this stall’.
Liverpool drew 4-4 against German sideGreuther Furth on Monday with Klopp happy that all his players came thɾօυɢҺ the pre-season exercise unscathed.
Klopp told the club’s official website: “Spectacular result… a lot of good football situations, obviously we could have scored in the first half already, that was all good.
“You could see now, last day of the camp; travel, play, travel is always a bit exhausting. But that’s it and you have to go thɾօυɢҺ it, that’s what we did. Most important, nobody got injured.
“Of course nobody wants to concede four goals but you saw in the second half we tried to have a playing build-up and we were too late in mind, passed the balls too late, first touch not good, and that’s how we bɾօυɢҺt them back into the game. Scored on the other hand really, really nice goals, to be Һօɴєȿτ.
“So, a lot of good individual performances and that’s most important, that we have like 50-ish minutes for everybody and, again, nobody got injured. A good camp and I’m really happy.”
