Finally. Finally it has happened. The moment all Liverpool supporters have been waiting for.
Mateo Kovacic has spoken about the possibility of a move to Anfield.
The Inter Milan playmaker has been perennially linked with the Reds, seemingly ever since time began.
Liverpool’s £49million sale of Raheem Sterling has certainly bolstered the club’s coffers, and that was enough for Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian newspaper, to quiz Kovacic on all these Reds rumours.
The Croatia international was a bit reluctant to talk, but eventually opened up. A bit.
Asked what happens if Liverpool turn up with a bid, Kovacic said: “They must ask the club. But the club has never said they want to sell me. Never.”
Bad news for Reds fans, then. But it gets worse. Asked what he wants to do, he added: “Stay here. I do not move... the relationship between me and Inter will be long.”
And asked if the sale of Sterling could mean a move for him, Kovacic said: “We have two different roles. That there have been no requests from the Reds, but it’s not for me it’s for my agent. Having said that, I repeat: I want to be here.”
So, given the way these things work, expect a move to Anfield to be completed by the end of the week*.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/liverpool-fc-transfer-rumours-kovacic-9659251