Liverpool reject Crystal Palace’s £15m bid for in-form star… just days after turning down Real Madrid’s £20m approach for Trent Alexander-Arnold
- Liverpool rejected £20m approach from Real Madrid for Trent Alexander-Arnold
- And now, the Anfield club have rebuffed another approach from Crystal Palace
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However, the level of offers have so far fallen well short of Liverpool’s valuation.
Liverpool, though, believe he is worth much more than the £15m fee presented by Palace and would demand around £25m for Doak.
The Reds, it is understood, also note the prices played for fellow young Championship attackers in the last 12 months, such as Wilson Odobert who moved from Burnley to Tottenham for £30m and Crysencio Summerville’s £25m transfer from Leeds to West Ham.
Until offers come closer to those figures, they are content to leave Doak to continue his development under Michael Carrick at Boro where he is excelling and has scored twice in 20 games as they push for promotion.
His impressive form of late has seen Doak claim the Championship Player of the Month award for November, racking up five assists during that time.
Doak arrived at Anfield in March 2022 after showcasing his talents at Celtic as a 16-year-old, with Liverpool paying the Scottish giants £600,000 for his signature.
Given the wealth of competition in wide areas at Liverpool, with Salah, Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Harvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa all to compete with, the Scot has struggled to break into the first team since his arrival, earning just 10 senior appearances before his loan spell away.
Liverpool take on Carrick’s old club Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, having only lost once all season so far.
The Reds, who have carved out a six-point lead at the summit of the Premier League table, are bidding to win their first title under new manager Arne Slot.
They head into January with plenty of question marks over the futures of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk in particular, who each are out of contract in the summer.
