Liverpool have rejected offers from Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town for teenage star Ben Doak, according to The Pitch Prospect.
Six-time Scotland international Doak is currently on loan at Middlesbrough and has been attracting attention.
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Palace made a £15million offer for the striker on Friday, which was subsequently rejected.
Ipswich then made a £16 million bid for Doak, but this was also rejected as Liverpool were apparently only willing to accept offers over £25 million.
It remains to be seen whether either the Eagles or the Tractor Boys will return with improved offers for the youngster.
Doak has featured in 20 Championship games for Boro, scoring seven goals.
The 19-year-old scored two goals and picked up five assists to help the Yorkshire outfit to fifth place in the table.
His impressive form has caught the attention of Palace, who are looking for a new right winger after selling Michael Olise to Bayern Munich last summer.
For Boro’s sake, they hope Liverpool will reject any approach from another club on their path to promotion.
Middlesbrough, relegated from the Premier League in 2017, are just one point ahead of seventh-placed Blackburn as the race for the play-off places heats up.
Doak is highly regarded at Anfield and his value has increased this season at the Riverside Stadium, where he was named Championship Player of the Month for November.
It was not until 2022 that Doak moved from Scottish top club Celtic to Liverpool.
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He played twice for the Hoops senior team in the 2021/22 season – making his debut two months after his 16th birthday.
In March 2022, he agreed a move to Merseyside, with Liverpool paying out £600,000 in compensation to get the deal done.
The first of his ten games for Liverpool came against Bolton in the Carabao Cup in November 2022.
Just five days later, he signed his first professional contract with the club at the age of 17.
He made his top flight debut the following month in a 3-1 win over Aston Villa, where he became the second-youngest Scottish player in the Premier League.
However, his progress with the team was halted after he underwent knee surgery in December 2023, causing him to miss the second half of the 23/24 season.
Nevertheless, Scotland was named in the preliminary 28-man squad for Euro 2024, but he was forced to withdraw due to injury, but is now a full international after producing stunning performances at the Riverside Stadium this season.