Liverpool have made their stance on the future of Kostas Tsimikas very clear to a number of clubs that have approached them over the defender - he will remain at Anfield next season.
Serie A giants Napoli have sought out Tsimikas as a potential summer signing as they look to strengthen their options at left-back, but have already had their approach rebuffed by Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.
According to Italian outlet Il Mattino, Klopp is personally responding to offers with a short and simple decline.
Recent reports contradicted the idea that Liverpool were entirely against the idea of letting the defender go, though it was thought they favoured a permanent departure rather than a loan stint away.
However, now it seems like they will opt to keep him in Merseyside altogether, despite a dismal debut season in a Liverpool shirt.
Signed from Olympiacos last summer, the 25-year-old has barely featured at all for a Liverpool side that struggled more than ever last season.
As deputy to first-choice and ever-present left back Andy Robertson, Tsimikas has found first-team football very hard to come by at Anfield.
It therefore comes as somewhat of a surprise that the Greece international has attracted such interest, Napoli not the only side to have a proposal rejected by Liverpool.
The left-back has made just seven appearances for Klopp’s side since his arrival in Merseyside, with many of those appearances coming in the form of cameos from the bench.
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Given the fact Tsimikas cost Liverpool around £11.5m, the club's reluctance to let him call time on his Reds career just one year in is understandable.
His first campaign as a Liverpool player, the majority of it spent on the substitutes bench, represented quite the fall from grace for a player that was crowned the Greek Footballer of the Year as recently as the 2019/20 campaign.
Last season, it took until February for Tsimikas to make his Premier League debut, one to forget as it came in the humiliating 4-1 home defeat to eventual champions Manchester City.
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