Liverpool suffer transfer blow on £85m midfielder they have kept an eye on for four years

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Liverpool’s four-year pursuit of an £85m midfield target is officially over. Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid intervention has dealt a final blow to Andoni Iraola.

Liverpool’s summer transfer window, which started with a flurry of early promise, has hit a significant roadblock. The Mourinho intervention Liverpool and Manchester United have been dealt a definitive blow in their pursuit of Aurélien Tchouaméni.

Journalist Ben Jacobs revealed that the saga is effectively over: “Aurélien Tchouaméni has verbally agreed a Real Madrid extension keeping him at the club until 2031. The search for Liverpool’s definitive structural anchor goes on.