Liverpool have £10m offer for Norwich left-back Jamal Lewis rejected

Norwich have rejected a £10m bid from Liverpool for their highly rated left-back Jamal Lewis.

The Premier League champions want the Northern Ireland international as cover for Andy Robertson and submitted the offer, which includes a sell-on clause, on Thursday.

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Norwich value the 22-year-old at closer to £20m and immediately rejected a deal that would have made Lewis Liverpool’s first summer signing.

Lewis is understood to be keen on a move to Anfield, where he accepts he would be back-up for the Scotland captain. Robertson has rarely missed a Premier League game over the past two seasons but Jürgen Klopp is wary of relying exclusively on James Milner to provide cover in an intense and truncated 2020-21 season.

Liverpool are expected to return with an improved offer for Lewis, who shares an agency, PLG, with Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold, although the club have alternative options under consideration.