Liverpool have rejected a £25 million offer from Manchester City for Raheem Sterling.
The initial bid would potentially rise to £30 million with incentivized add-ons.
Liverpool will not consider selling Sterling for less than £50 million.
Comments by his agent, Aidy Ward, last month have driven a further wedge between the player and club, with Ward claiming that Sterling will not stay, regardless of any salary offer made by Liverpool.
“He is definitely not signing” Ward said on May 21. “He’s not signing for £700, £800, £900 thousand a week. He is not signing.
“My job is to make sure I do the best with them (my clients). If people say I am bad at my job, or they are badly advised, it does not matter.”