According to The Athletic journalist David Ornstein, Crystal Palace has rejected Liverpool's initial approach for Sarr.

Liverpool continues to search for a right-winger and has inquired about signing 28-year-old Sarr, viewing the Crystal Palace forward as an attractive target until Crystal Palace made clear they are unwilling to sell.

After their approach for Brighton's Yankuba Minteh was rejected, Liverpool began looking elsewhere and evaluating opportunities in the transfer market.

However, preliminary discussions about Sarr did not develop into a formal offer. Sources told The Athletic that only a fantastic offer would change Crystal Palace's stance. Given that Liverpool still has other targets, they are unlikely to continue raising their bid.

Iraola's team remains hopeful of reaching a deal with PSG for Barcola, who prefers to play on the left wing, and they have discussed this transfer throughout the summer.

Minteh has long been on Liverpool's radar, but Brighton, after rejecting a second bid of £60 million, continues to hold out for a higher transfer fee.

Meanwhile, as speculation continues over Sarr's future at Selhurst Park, he was absent from Crystal Palace's opening Premier League match against Everton. New head coach Pierre Sage insisted that the Senegalese international's absence was due to injury.

Sage told media on Wednesday (local time) that he expects Sarr to remain at Crystal Palace. Sage said: "For now, yes. When you have three years left on your contract, it's not easy to leave."

Sage continued: "I can understand that for anyone, it's difficult when there's interest like that, because you're very hesitant. But for now, he's with us and he's still under contract."

Sage added: "He's injured, and perhaps you could link the injury to the current situation, but in my opinion, he's been honest. I spoke with him about it this morning (local time) and yesterday, but we just want him to play, and we'll handle the rest."

For Crystal Palace, losing Sarr is unthinkable.

Crystal Palace reporter Matt Woosnam analysed that Crystal Palace's stance on Sarr is logical. Sarr was Crystal Palace's best player and top scorer last season; finding a suitable replacement at this late stage of the transfer window is extremely difficult, and no other player in the squad possesses his characteristics.

Selling Sarr would also mean losing another key player, requiring the recruitment and integration of replacements into the team. With Crystal Palace now led by Sage, this would create further instability for the team.

Sarr's direct impact, pace, and finishing ability are crucial to Crystal Palace and align with the style of play they desire. This applies even under Sage and also applied when former manager Glasner was in charge.

In attack, Sarr is Crystal Palace's most individually gifted player, and even if a replacement were found, his departure would create problems. Clearly, he might still be allowed to leave at the right price, but given the time remaining in the transfer window and his importance to Crystal Palace, that price would be higher than usual.

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