You'll have plenty to celebrate when you subscribe to the Liverpool FC newsletter Sign me up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Mamadou Sakho remains a wanted man – with Liverpool confident their £30million asking price for the defender will be met.

The Reds have received a flood of enquiries regarding Sakho, who hasn't featured for the club for 15 months following disciplinary problems.

Crystal Palace, where the centre-back spent a successful spell on loan earlier this year, remain front-runners despite having expressed reservations over his fee.

However, Liverpool believe they have set a fair price for the 27-year-old France international, mindful of neighbours Everton having recently splashed out £25m for Michael Keane despite the player having only a year remaining on his contract. Sakho's current deal at Anfield doesn't expire until 2020.

Personal terms are understood not to be an issue with Sakho having already held talks with Palace, who recently appointed Frank de Boer as new manager in place of the departed Sam Allardyce.

Palace, though, are reticent to spend £30m on the player, with chairman Steve Parish saying last month: “I think that is going to be a very difficult one for us to do. I think Liverpool want a big number for him.

“That is a tough one to make happen on a permanent basis. We need to look at the budgets and be realistic.”

(Image: BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

Having been banished to the Academy before his Palace loan move in January, Sakho returned to Melwood this week with Liverpool starting pre-season training.

While the defender was pictured training away from the main group, he has in fact been working with the club's rehabilitation team as he continues his recovery from the knee problem that cut short his stint at Selhurst Park in April.