Ben Doak: Liverpool set asking price after rejecting £15m Crystal Palace bid?

Liverpool person reportedly turned down a £15m bid from Crystal Palace for teen Ben Doak.

The 19-year-old winger is presently connected indebtedness astatine Championship nine Middlesbrough and has made 20 first-team appearances for Michael Carrick's broadside that beryllium fifth successful the table.

Doak was named Championship Player of the Month for November aft registering 5 assists successful arsenic galore matches, portion helium has besides chipped successful with 2 goals truthful acold this season.

The six-cap Scotland international's signifier successful the 2nd tier is understood to person caught the oculus of a fig of teams successful England and abroad, with Sky Sports among those reporting that Liverpool person knocked backmost approaches from respective clubs.

According to aggregate reports, including The Times, Crystal Palace person submitted an opening connection for Doak worthy £15m, but their bid has been flatly rejected by Liverpool.

The study adds that the Eagles are expected to array a 2nd connection for Doak, but whether it volition lucifer Liverpool's ain valuation of the subordinate remains to beryllium seen.

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Doak demands made wide by Liverpool amid Palace interest

The Reds are thought to worth Doak successful the portion of £30m, with the summertime transfers of Crysencio Summerville to West Ham United (£25m) and Wilson Odobert to Tottenham Hotspur (£30m) utilized 'as a benchmark'.

Liverpool are said to beryllium blessed with Doak's advancement astatine Middlesbrough and they judge helium inactive has a aboriginal astatine Anfield and tin beryllium integrated successful Arne Slot's first-team squad.

Doak joined Liverpool arsenic a 16-year-old from Celtic for astir £600,000 and has since made lone 10 elder appearances for the Merseysiders, including his debut successful November 2022.

The winger was sent retired connected indebtedness past summertime to summation invaluable first-team experience, arsenic Slot already has a wealthiness of attacking options astatine his disposal, with Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott each battling for starts.

Crystal Palace are understood to person identified Doak arsenic 1 of their apical January targets, and Oliver Glasner has already confirmed that his broadside "have a wide commitment" to "sign 2 caller players" this month.

Meanwhile, the Eagles are allegedly 1 of 9 Premier League clubs who person expressed an involvement successful signing 20-year-old Slavia Prague wing-back El Hadji Malick Diouf.

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