Jurgen Klopp has laughed off Liverpool's chances of signing Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham in January. The Reds have their own midfield crisis while Chelsea are also in the hunt for key additions in the centre of the park with 2023 posing as a major revamp opportunity.
Both Jorginho and N'Golo Kante are out of contract in the summer and no new permanent deal has been done for a midfielder since 2019 despite the youngest senior player being 28-year-old Mateo Kovacic in a double-pivot. Potter has already found issues with the depth in that area as Conor Gallagher, Mason Mount and Ruben Loftus-Cheek all need extra defensive support, whilst Kovacic needs another body around him and has struggled with fitness too.
With Declan Rice, Edson Alvarez and Bellingham all high on the shortlist it promises to be a make-or-break time, but securing a major signing in the winter is notoriously tough, and Klopp isn't kidding himself into thinking that the 19-year-old England superstar is already on his way to Anfield.
