Sarr has long looked like a forward built for transition football.
Those qualities matter for any side trying to keep its attack unpredictable across a long season. If Liverpool are genuinely exploring alternatives, Sarr is an understandable name to surface. He is not the same type of player as Minteh, but he does offer a similar threat: verticality, speed and the capacity to turn possession into territory very quickly.
The timing is notable. Sarr missed Crystal Palace’s opening-weekend loss at Everton, and the update says that while claims circulated that he was refusing to train, he is currently injured. That distinction matters.
Another report says Pierre Sage expects both Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta to stay at Palace, which underlines that this is not yet a straightforward exit story.
More than anything, this looks like Liverpool keeping multiple tracks open. Stalled discussions for Minteh have not ended the search; they have widened it. That is often how the final phase of a window works, especially when clubs are balancing price, readiness and squad fit.
The next step is obvious: whether this approach develops into formal negotiations, and whether Sarr’s injury situation clears quickly enough to shape the market. If it does, this could become one of the more interesting winger stories to watch in the days ahead.