Liverpool have not spoken with with Olympique Lyonnais since calling off the transfer of Nabil Fekir last month.

A deal worth £53 million was cancelled at the 11th hour following the France midfielder’s medical. That was on June 8. Liverpool neither sought to renegotiate at the time, nor reopened lines of communication with Lyon in the weeks since.

Liverpool wanted the player and put everything in place, agreeing a fee and personal terms. All that was required was a medical to complete the deal, and that was the moment complications emerged. Nothing has changed since.

Lyon issued the only public statement on the matter, confirming negotiations had halted. That was a day after Liverpool walked away.

On Sunday, Liverpool's position was exactly as it was when the deal failed to progress. Fekir remains on international duty in Russia. He has been a regular substitute for his country in Russia, playing the last seven minutes of his country’s 4-3 win over Argentina on Saturday.