Jurgen Klopp comments hint at January transfer deals…

Jurgen Klopp comments hint at January transfer deals as Liverpool 'interested' in striker

Here are your Liverpool morning headlines for Tuesday, November 15.

Liverpool door is open for January transfers

When Liverpool return to domestic action after the conclusion of the 2022 World Cup next month, the January transfer window will be looming, writes Theo Squires.

The Reds, who beat Southampton 3-1 in their final game prior to the mid-season break, will return to action in the League Cup away at Man City on Thursday 22 December, before travelling to Aston Villa for their Premier League return on Boxing Day and then seeing the calendar year out at home to Leicester City on Friday 30 December.

Considering Jurgen Klopp won’t face the media at a league press conference again for over a month, he was understandably quizzed about Liverpool ’s January plans on more than one occasion last week when both previewing and reviewing his side’s clash with the Saints.

Yet while he was open to the possibility of adding to his squad when the transfer window re-opens, the German was keeping his cards rather close to his chest when directly asked if he plans to sign players in January as he admitted no decisions have yet been made.

"It is not about money, you have to plan," Klopp told reporters on Friday. "It is definitely going on, it’s clear. I am very positive about the whole thing because either way it will be fine.

"I have a really close relationship with the owners and I always knew what we can do and what we can’t do. When we were discussing, it’s not that I ask something, they say no and I stop asking.

"It is just before we speak to you there are plenty of discussions. Now we have to see what we do. Nothing is decided, what we will do in the winter. We really have to see, we have time before then and we follow the market all the time, every day.

“There is no player in the world who scores a goal and we don’t know it. That’s how it is. If somebody makes a save, we know it. That’s the situation, that’s what will go on. It’s clear.

“All the rest, we are not involved in these things and that is okay. We have to focus on football and that’s what we will do."

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Liverpool 'interested' in Noah Okafor

Liverpool are one of several clubs interested in Noah Okafor, according to Sky Germany's Florian Plettenberg , with a January move thought to be 'possible'.

Okafor has enjoyed an excellent first half of the season at RB Salzburg, scoring seven goals in the Austrian Bundesliga at a rate of 0.89 every 90 minutes and a further three in six Champions League appearances.

The 22-year-old is said to have caught the attention of Europe's top clubs, with Plettenberg naming the Reds alongside Manchester City and AC Milan - whom he scored against in Europe. Previously linked Manchester United have been ruled out or the running.

The report stresses that no negotiations have begun between the Swiss international and any potential suitors, but a move in the January window could be possible with Salzburg out of the Champions League. The UEFA rule effectively cup-tying players who featured in the group stages from playing for another team in the knockouts was scrapped for the 2018/2019 campaign.

Plettenberg has suggested a potential price-tag of between €35-40million for the attacker, but that value is likely to rise with a strong six weeks at the World Cup - Okafor has been picked for Switzerland and will face Cameroon, Serbia and Brazil in Group G.

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