According to an insider cited by Football365, Liverpool have reached an agreement with AS Monaco’s Senegalese midfielder Lamine Camara for January. Monaco are said to be asking for €70 million, according to Yalla Shoot, a figure that remains to be confirmed.
The story is back on the table as the winter transfer window approaches. Liverpool are reportedly close to securing the services of Senegal international midfielder Lamine Camara, according to an insider cited by Football365. The rumour is unconfirmed at this stage.
The file is gaining substance with the reported comments of Daily Mail journalist Lewis Steele. “Lamine Camara is a name that just won’t go away and even Chelsea sources I’ve spoke[n] to believe #LFC may have a deal in place with the player,” he writes, cited by Football365. The conditional still applies: he mentions a possible agreement, not a signature.
A €70 million asking price
According to Yalla Shoot, Monaco have raised their demands to €70 million, or £58.5 million, a sum Liverpool would apparently be ready to pay. That information remains to be confirmed.
Camara’s profile explains the supposed interest. The 22-year-old is presented by Football365 as one of the best young central midfielders in Ligue 1. His club numbers speak for him: 85 appearances in the Monaco shirt, with 7 goals and 12 assists.
The file is not new: his move to Chelsea fell through at the last minute in the summer transfer window, Football365 recalls. Injuries to Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch could, for their part, prompt Liverpool to speed up the operation, according to the same source. This is background context, not confirmed.
From Metz to Monaco, then the national team
Camara’s path runs through Senegal. Trained at Generation Foot, he then joined FC Metz before signing for Monaco for €15 million in July 2024, according to Football365.
The Senegal international also has his mind on the national team. Camara was called up by Senegal to face Sudan, and he makes no secret of it: “It’s an immense pride, we know that a lot of history has been written in this legendary stadium. We are proud to come back here and play a qualifying match in front of our supporters,” he told Foot Africa.
Dakar, then the winter transfer window
Senegal host Sudan on 12 November 2026 in Dakar, as part of their qualifiers.
The decisive horizon remains the opening of the winter transfer window, in January 2027. That is when the operation could materialise, if the reported agreement is confirmed.