Tuesday, 10th January, 2012
Liverpool have joined the race for Dijon midfielder Benjamin Corgnet according to French sports daily L’Equipe.
The 24-year-old, who was playing amateur football in France’s fifth tier just two years ago, has already attracted the eyes of Lyon and Newcastle United, with the pair consistently linked with the midfielder.
But now Liverpool too are taking a close interest in Corgnet and have had the Thionville native watched several times recently.
The Reds’ director of football Damien Comolli is well aware of the player’s rise up the French football pyramid and has taken note of his impressive feats in Ligue 1 with newly promoted Dijon this season.
Corgnet has regularly been amongst the goals in the current campaign, notching seven in Ligue 1 from 18 games.
Dijon boss Patrice Carteron has warned clubs against trying to snap up his goalscoring midfielder in the current transfer window, even going so far as to reveal a bid has been rejected from Newcastle.
However, Carteron has left the door open for a summer departure, admitting: "At the end of the season, of course we’ll let him go, it will be good for him to find stability at a high level."
Corgnet is under contract with Dijon until 2016.
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