Liverpool have been handed a boost in their ongoing pursuit of Kylian Mbappe, with Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo admitting he won't beg him to stay.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds have been loosely linked with the World Cup winner for some time, although don't currently have the financial firepower to make a move.
Mbappe has previously talked about Liverpool and his admiration for Klopp in interviews, suggesting he would one day be keen on representing the Reds.
And it seems he would be allowed to leave Paris Saint-Germain for Liverpool if an acceptable bid was made, with Leonardo confirming the door is always open to both him and Neymar, although they'd rather them not use it.
"I hope that they are convinced that PSG is a good place for a high level and ambitious player," Leonardo told France Football.
"We just need to find an agreement between their desires, their demands, our expectations and our means. We are not going to beg: 'Please, stay.' It is more calculated than that.
"Those who really want to stay will stay. We speak regularly and I have good feelings on both of those matters."
Both Mbappe and Neymar have spoken highly of Klopp in the past, with the former saying: "Liverpool have been a machine in the Premier League. They have made winning look easy but the truth is that it is never easy.
"Performances like they have been having don't just happen. To be as ruthless as they have been would come from lots of hard work in training and from having a very good manager."
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