PREMIER - Nabil Fekir on why Liverpool move failed in 2018

Nabil Fekir blamed his agency for the aborted transfer to Liverpool in the summer of 2018, according to The Times (h/t ECHO). A £53 million transaction was in the works, and it was very close to being completed. Liverpool seemed to pull the plug at the eleventh hour, ostensibly due to a failed physical. However, the French midfielder stated that the deal fell through because of his agency.

For the Reds, the summer of 2018 was a memorable one. It was a pivotal moment in the company's following two years of prosperity. Liverpool signed Alisson, Fabinho, Naby Keita, and Xherdan Shaqiri during the summer window. However, there was a deal for Nabil Fekir in the works as well.

Despite the uproar over the medical, Fekir has clarified that this was not the case. Instead, he stated that he was denied his ideal job because of his agency.

“It was a dark moment. I saw plenty of things which weren’t true. It was said the knee stopped me going to Liverpool but that wasn’t true. I went to Clairefontaine [France’s football centre near Paris], and they did all the proof [medical] and the knee was fine. I had a problem with my agent, my adviser. It was the agent responsible for the deal not going through. Of course, I was disappointed not to go to Liverpool, very disappointed because Liverpool are a great club.”