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Liverpool given huge boost in hopes of resurrecting Nabil Fekir deal.

Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas has given Liverpool renewed hope in their efforts to sign Nabil Fekir after conceding the collapsed deal could be revived this summer.

The Reds withdrew from talks in the 11th hour at the beginning of June having agreed a £53million fee and personal terms for the Frenchman.

Fekir himself even conducted LFCTV interviews ahead of his unexpected unveiling, only for concerns raised in his medical to scupper his Anfield switch.

Despite his reputation as a tough negotiator, Aulas has since been open to the possibility of Liverpool resurecting the transfer for the playmaker after he returns from the World Cup with finalists France.

Aulas has again admitted that Fekir could still join the Reds, but believes he would also be happy to stay put at Lyon.

He said: “It seems to me that Liverpool could come back to the charge … That’s what I saw in the press, but I’m not informed,” per le10sport.com.

“His transfer failed in June, but he is not affected. He is quite fatalistic, focused on his World Cup, and he still has the heart in Lyon.”

“We discussed his brother Yassin, who signed pro. Nabil is much closer to Lyon today than it was when we talked to Liverpool. Maybe he will go to Liverpool, or to another club, but if he stays at OL, it will be a great year for him and for us.”

Liverpool will bid again after the World Cup, the player wants to wear the red shirt and the club are optimistic a deal could be reached with Lyon.

Liverpool’s step back from the deal evidently stemmed from an underlying knee issue relating to his anterior cruciate ligament injury in 2015.

It may be that the club strives to restructure the financial aspects of the initially agreed deal in light of fears over his longevity.

But the club are still hunting their successor to January departure Philippe Coutinho, now at Barcelona, and Fekir has been touted as precisely that: a creative talent more comfortable playing through the middle.

Liverpool have already spent in excess of £100 million to sign Naby Keita, Fabinho and Shaqiri this summer, but the addition of Fekir could send their expenditure spiraling once more.

Having rarely featured for France in Russia, Fekir’s original price-tag is unlikely to be altered if Liverpool do opt to reignite their pursuit.