Leonardo Jardim Hints Liverpool Target Thomas Lemar Could Leave in January

Liverpool's hope of signing AS Monaco winger Thomas Lemar may have improved after the French club's manager, Leonardo Jardim, appeared to hint at a greater chance they'll sell players in the January transfer window.

Jardim has previously suggested winter departures for key players were unlikely, but he gave a softer response on the matter on Monday, per French daily L'Equipe (h/t the Liverpool Echo's Ian Doyle): "We are not used to selling in the winter. But the transfer window lasts until the end of the month and many things can happen."

Lemar was linked to Liverpool and Arsenal in the summer but remained on the French Riviera after former team-mates Kylian Mbappe, Bernardo Silva, Benjamin…