Mamadou Sakho is on his way out of Liverpool in January... with Leicester and West Ham ready to battle for his signature, writes Tom Hopkinson in the Sunday People.
France defender Sakho fell out of favour with boss Jurgen Klopp over the summer and has not played a game all season for the Reds.
The 26-year-old angered his manager when he arrived late for the flight taking the squad on a pre-season tour of the USA, and was subsequently packed off back home to Merseyside because of concerns about his attitude.
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This rift followed Sakho’s voluntary provisional ban in April in relation to a drugs test. UEFA later dismissed the case against Sakho.
This season, Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip have established themselves as Klopp’s first-choice central defenders and Sakho has failed to get a look in.
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Both Liverpool and the player are happy for there to be a parting of the ways in January and that has opened the door to Leicester and West Ham, who are both looking for reinforcements in defence.
Last week, Sakho who has 28 caps, turned out for Liverpool U23s in a 1-1 draw against Porto.