Five Premier League transfer sagas that might go on till deadline day

#5 Nabil Fekir

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One of the more curious cases this summer, because the deal looked all but sealed by Michael Edwards and Jurgen Klopp, OL. Lyon pulled out of the deal in the eleventh hour that would see their captain joining last season’s Champions League finalists.

After a near-perfect window for the Merseyside club, signing massive players in key positions – Naby Keita, Fabinho, Alisson Becker and Xherdan Shaqiri – the signing of a creative midfielder like Nabil Fekir will round off what could be one of the best transfer windows in the Premier League in recent memory. If the Frenchman opts to stay and sign a new contract, Liverpool’s offer may have to be more significant next summer.

Fekir’s undoubted playmaking quality will be the perfect blend in an all-new midfield at Anfield with Fabinho being the defensive midfielder the club has craved for years and Naby Keita adding more steel and energy. He could be a pivotal figure and a true force to be reckoned with considering that he will have the best forward line in the Premier League up ahead of him.

The links associating Fekir to Liverpool are never-ending purely because of how close they got to signing him (there were even leaks of Fekir wearing the red of Liverpool) and there is still strong belief that a potential deal could happen before the 9th of August.