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title: "Liverpool: Reds receive Otavio encouragement"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-reds-receive-otavio-encouragement/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2021-07-05T15:10:25Z"
modified: "2021-07-05T15:10:25Z"
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# Liverpool: Reds receive Otavio encouragement

**FC Porto will sell reported Liverpool target Otavio for a ‘fair’ price to address their financial needs, according to Portuguese newspaper A Bola (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/players-agent-quizzed-potential-big-transfer-liverpool-says-reds-sign-player-deal-good-enough/)).**

### The lowdown

The report claimed that Liverpool are keen on the Brazilian, who scored three goals and provided eight assists in [24 Liga NOS starts](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/120608/Show/Ot%C3%A1vio) last season. Predominantly deployed as a left midfielder, he averaged 1.4 shots, 1.8 dribbles and 1.7 key passes per match (via [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/120608/Show/Ot%C3%A1vio)).

Otavio[has a €60m (£51.43m) release clause](https://sportwitness.co.uk/players-agent-quizzed-potential-big-transfer-liverpool-says-reds-sign-player-deal-good-enough/) but that doesn’t necessarily mean he couldn’t be sold for less.

### The latest

Porto ‘desperately need’ to make a lucrative sale, especially after Wolves neglected to take up their €20m (£17.14m) option to buy Vitinha at the end of his loan spell as had been anticipated.

As a result, they are willing to let 26-year-old Otavio go if a ‘fair’ offer is received. The player’s agent is quoted as saying that he could be sold ‘if it’s good for Porto and for Otavio’.

### The verdict

Liverpool could be shrewd here. According to [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/2639944/2021/06/09/porto-chase-grujic-as-liverpool-aim-to-raise-60-million-plus-in-summer-sales/), Porto are keen to turn Marko Grujic’s loan into a permanent transfer, and with the Reds said to be happy to offload the Serbian, perhaps he could be included in the deal.

He is valued at £15m, which could theoretically be subtracted from the standard fee for Otavio.

Although his goal contribution numbers may not be spectacular, Otavio seems like he would be a good, well-rounded addition to the squad, and using the [rarely-seen](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marko-grujic/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/222813/verein/31) Grujic as leverage to bring down the fee for the Brazilian would appear to be a sensible tactic.

**In other news, [many Liverpool fans react to reported interest in this Euro 2020 star](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league/liverpool/liverpool-fans-react-to-reported-transfer-interest-in-pedri/).**