Liverpool reject offers for Endo and Van den Berg
Midfielder Wataru Endo is captain of the Japan national team
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Liverpool have rejected offers for Japan midfielder Wataru Endo and Dutch defender Sepp van den Berg.
The bid for Endo was worth £11.8m and made by French club Marseille.
The 31-year-old joined Liverpool on a four-year deal from Stuttgart for about £16.2m last August.
He made 43 appearances, including 20 Premier League starts, and won the League Cup in his debut season at Anfield.
Marseille are managed by Roberto de Zerbi, who came up against Endo as Brighton boss last season.
The Reds are also aware of further interest in the defensive midfielder from other German clubs.
The offer for Van den Berg, 22, came from Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven.
It is believed to have been worth £8.4m (10m euros) and falls well short of the Anfield club's valuation of closer to £20m for the centre-back.
Van den Berg is currently with the Reds squad on their pre-season tour in the United States and started in the club's win against Real Betis.
He joined Liverpool from PEC Zwolle in June 2019 and has since had loan spells at Preston, Schalke 04 and Mainz.
Van den Berg was with Mainz last season, making 33 league appearances and scoring three goals as he helped them secure their Bundesliga status.
The German club wanted him back but the valuations of the player were too far apart for a deal to be done.
Liverpool are yet to make a signing this summer following the arrival of manager Arne Slot.