Fluminense's club president has confirmed that Liverpool tried to sign midfielder Andre.

The Reds were consistently linked with the Brazilian during the summer transfer window.

Eventually, he stayed with the Brazilian team, as no side in Europe made a big enough offer.

Discussing this saga, Mario Bittencourt said, “We had an offer for André of €30m from Liverpool and we said 'no' because we had agreed with the player that we wouldn't sell him because we wanted to win the Libertadores.

“Since then, we've had a second offer, from an English club, for well under €30m, which we turned down because we felt it was below what Fluminense expects for the player.

“The situation doesn't worry us because the relationship with André and Carlos Leite (the player's manager) is very good. They both agreed to stay and both understood that he has to go somewhere he wants to go."