Liverpool have shelved plans to target Borussia Dortmund and England sensation Jude Bellingham when the market reopens as they instead plot a wider summer recruitment drive.
Speculation over the generational talent and his future with the Bundesliga side has been as talked about as proposals to revamp the Anfield engine room. However, after being tipped to head up the (dis) orderly queue for Bellingham's signature, Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool will now look elsewhere.
The Liverpool ECHO understands the Premier League giants have decided they would be better served spreading cash on several signings rather than committing the majority of the budget to one big-money arrival. As such, interest in Bellingham, 19, has markedly cooled.
