Nabil Fekir's dad reveals the truth behind Liverpool transfer rumours

Nabil Fekir’s father has poured cold water over claims that the Lyon captain has secretly met with Jurgen Klopp.

The France international has been linked with a big-money move to Liverpool this summer.

Fekir, 24, is rated at £60m – and suggestions have surfaced that a meeting between the star and Reds boss Klopp has already taken place.

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Seen as a replacement for Philippe Coutinho, who left for Barcelona in the January transfer window, he has scored 22 goals this season.

“Nabil in Liverpool, that’s wrong,” his father Mohamed said today, speaking to Olympique-et-lyonnais.com.

“I hear there are arrangements, stuff like that – I was surprised. I can deny this information right now; it’s not true. Otherwise Nabil would have told me right away, we are very close.

“I can guarantee you that he never met him [Klopp]. His dream is to play in the Champions League with his boyhood club.”

“I do not know where this comes from,” he added. “If we had to negotiate for Nabil with a club, I would be the first to know. There has been no contact.”