Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp has denied claims that Crystal Palace have a clause in place to sign Mamadou Sakho permanently.

The French defender joined the Eagles on loan in January and has been a key figure in helping the South London club away from the relegation zone with four clean sheets in six matches.

Palace believe they have an arrangement for Sakho but Klopp, who froze the centre-half out earlier this season, insists that is simply not the case.

"There is no clause," he said.

Sakho, 27, is due back at Anfield at the end of the Premier League season.