5 transfers that definitely won't happen this year

#3 Mateo Kovacic to Liverpool

Kovacic is the present and future of Madrid

Source of this rumour?

While this might look like a real possibility, given that Liverpool have the money, the chances are nigh on impossible. The source of rumour is Diario Gol, who are also not among the most reliable outlets in the world.

Why this won’t happen?

There is a flawed general consensus flowing around in the air of the football fraternity: that Mateo Kovacic has a £45 million release clause. While this might have been the case in 2015, when he was signed, it simply doesn’t make sense anymore.

The Galacticos have increased the release clauses of even their Castilla players to £88 million in order to keep clubs away—and Kovacic is a future star that we are talking about.

Madrid see him as a Luka Modric's successor at the club, and he has already featured heavily in the plans of Zinedine Zidane, who has played him regularly whenever deemed fit.

As a result, it is safe to assume that Kovacic will be asked to stay put at Madrid, and will, sooner or later, become a first-team regular.

Understandably, Liverpool may never get their hands on the 23-year old, let alone this year.