Liverpool and Arsenal appear to have been given a boost in their January pursuit of AS Monaco star Thomas Lemar as the club's manager Leonardo Jardim has admitted the Ligue 1 club could lose the fight to keep hold of the 22-year-old this month.
Lemar has been at the centre of a transfer tussle between the two Premier League clubs since the summer, with the Gunners' deal on deadline day falling through before the Reds failed to agree to terms for the player.
AS Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim in today's press conference on Thomas Lemar: "You know how crazy the transfer window is.