Liverpool want Sakho stay

Brendan Rodgers has insisted that Liverpool want to retain the services of Mamadou Sakho, confirming the defender will start against Bordeaux in the Europa League - and then be offered a contract extension.

France international Sakho made 27 appearances across all competitions for Liverpool last term, but he is yet to play this season - having also been left out of Didier Deschamp's squad for his country's most recent international fixtures.

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