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Talented 18-year-old Sporting Lisbon starlet Nuno Mendes has delayed signing a new contract at the club amid interest from [/sport/teampages/liverpool.html Liverpool]. 
Mendes has impressed this season and hà giang was previously linked with Leicester and kynghidongduong.vn Newcastle. 
The left-back is also a target for the Reds, according to [ ], who report that he does not want to deter them by increasing his release clause, which already stands at £40m, in a new deal.
Nuno Mendes can play left-back or left wing-back and has impressed for Sporting Lisbon
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They claim that Liverpool would 'back out' of signing him if the release clause is made higher. 
Mendes already has a long-term contract with the Portuguese side, who have produced an array of talent over the years, including Cristiano Ronaldo. 
He is among the latest crop of talented youngsters to make the grade at first-team level and his current deal runs until 2025. 
Sporting have made improving his terms a 'priority issue' and want to increase his £12,000-a-week contract. 
But his agent Miguel Pinho has not sat down at the table with the club yet and they are said to be 'behind schedule'. 
The Portuguese starlet is attracting interest from elsewhere with Liverpool reportedly keen
Mendes has a £40million release clause and is reluctant to increase it in a new deal 
A number of teams, including Liverpool, are likely to be monitoring the situation with Mendes ahead of the January transfer window and uncertainty over the market, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, makes his decision all the more important.  
Mendes has said he is 'looking forward to renewing' but the teenager and his agent will no doubt weigh up serious interest from elsewhere before putting pen to paper. 
The Reds signed left-back Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiacos in the summer as cover for Andy Robertson, which would appear to reduce the chances of bringing in Mendes.   
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