Lazio fullback Riza Durmisi has revealed how close he came to joining Liverpool.

The Dane has spent this season on-loan with Patrick Vieira's Nice.

And he revealed to Eurosport: "I have (had an offer from Liverpool). I think most people know that too, but a lot of things happened.

"(Alberto) Moreno chose to stay. They had to get rid of him before it could happen, and that's what I was waiting for.

"When you have as good a contract as he had, he would stay, and I could understand that, but that he had to leave was something that had to happen before I could get through."