Here are your Liverpool morning headlines for Wednesday, November 30.
Jurgen Klopp has let slip what transfer business he wants from Liverpool
With little over a month until the January transfer window opens, there has inevitably been increased speculation in recent weeks as club football took a back seat so the 2022 World Cup could take centre stage.
Liverpool have found themselves increasingly linked with the likes of Jude Bellingham, Enzo Fernandez, Mohammed Kudus, Cody Gakpo and Nico Williams off the back of encouraging displays for their countries in Qatar.
Yet it remains to be seen what the Reds plan to do come January, with the uncertainty behind the scenes regarding FSG looking to sell the club, and confirmation that sporting director Julian Ward and director of research Ian Graham will both leave at the end of the season, not aiding matters. The club’s American owners might have insisted it’s business as usual but, at the very least, Liverpool's short-term future is up in the air.
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Earlier this month Jurgen Klopp confirmed that talks regarding the Reds’ January transfer business had been held behind the scenes. However, he also admitted that nothing had been decided, adding a fresh cloud of uncertainty considering Liverpool have traditionally been a club that pride themselves on planning their business months in advance.
"It is not about money, you have to plan," Klopp told reporters before his side’s meeting with Southampton. "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…
“I have no idea what will happen, but I am positive about it. In the end if it is not positive, I can start worrying but I just think everything will be fine.”
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Barcelona drop Frenkie de Jong transfer hint
Netherlands star Frenkie de Jong's future at Barcelona remains unclear after club director Jordi Cruyff spoke cryptically about the midfielder.
De Jong was the subject of multiple bids from Manchester United in the summer with Erik ten Hag said to have made the Dutchman his number one target, but he resisted and stayed in Spain.
Liverpool are now linked with making a move for the former Ajax talent as Jurgen Klopp looks for reinforcements in the midfield to come in and strengthen his side.
Klopp has made Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham his number one on the list of midfielders, but the England international alone may not be enough for Liverpool.
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