{"id":561115,"date":"2020-08-06T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T18:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=561115"},"modified":"2020-08-06T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T18:28:19","slug":"report-liverpools-jamal-lewis-bid-rejected-by-norwich-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/06\/report-liverpools-jamal-lewis-bid-rejected-by-norwich-city\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Liverpool&#8217;s Jamal Lewis Bid Rejected By Norwich City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite suffering relegation from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a>, many <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/norwich-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norwich City<\/a> players impressed last season. The likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/66b76d44\/Emi-Buendia\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emi Buendia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/774cf58b\/Max-Aarons\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Aarons<\/a> have attracted plenty of interest, and rightfully so, but it is <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/efb9215a\/Jamal-Lewis\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamal Lewis<\/a> at the centre of recent transfer speculation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPearceLFC\/status\/1291423032901238784\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to James Pearce of The Athletic,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Liverpool&#8217;s<\/a> earlier bid of \u00a310 million has been rejected by Norwich. The Canaries reportedly want double that figure this summer for the fullback.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Liverpool&#8217;s Jamal Lewis Bid Rejected<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Beginning of Lengthy Negotiations\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s almost become an annual expectance for Liverpool to target relegated stars in the transfer window. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2e4f5f03\/Andrew-Robertson\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Robertson<\/a>, seen as one of the best left-backs around right now, joined the Reds from relegated Hull City. The Scottsman followed<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/eb58eef0\/Georginio-Wijnaldum\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Gini Wijnaldum<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6421ec64\/Xherdan-Shaqiri\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Xherdan Shaqiri<\/a> to favour a move to Merseyside over a season in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Championship.<\/a> Now, just weeks after relegation, Lewis looks set to also follow suit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Negotiations are now reportedly underway but could take weeks to complete as Liverpool look to settle on a suitable price. The bid of \u00a310 million plus a sell-on clause, though rejected, is a good starting point for negotiations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jamal Lewis Needed at Anfield<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Andy Robertson has been arguably the best left-back in the Premier League for two years now. Alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/cd1acf9d\/Trent-Alexander-Arnold\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trent Alexander-Arnold,<\/a> he plays a crucial role in what is a world-class team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The fact is, though, the former Hull City man is being asked to play almost every game with no recognised cover available. If Robertson suddenly picked up an injury, Jurgen Klopp would be left with no natural replacements. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2f90f6b8\/James-Milner\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Milner<\/a> does well to cover on occasion, but a recognised left-back cover must be a priority this summer for Liverpool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That&#8217;s where Jamal Lewis comes in. The Norwich star, both young and talented, would be the perfect match for Anfield. His ability going forward alongside time to learn provides Liverpool with a player for both the present and future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"J9V4rLsRS4JrRP-DRg6kVA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1167533730\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'J9V4rLsRS4JrRP-DRg6kVA',sig:'IBh_I2_s2X1IqZBIEB9yRQfeLote6TibmkV7EvCN1-E=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1167533730',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite suffering relegation from the Premier League, many Norwich City players impressed last season. The likes of Emi Buendia and Max Aarons have attracted plenty of interest, and rightfully so, but it is Jamal Lewis at the centre of recent transfer speculation. According to James Pearce of The Athletic, Liverpool&#8217;s earlier bid of \u00a310 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":561126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,2,16,1370,3,28],"tags":[4063,1304,5824,988,126,95,6179,237,136],"class_list":["post-561115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","category-liverpool","category-norwich-city","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-2019-20-premier-league","tag-andy-robertson","tag-jamal-lewis","tag-james-milner","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-liverpool","tag-max-aarons","tag-norwich-city","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}