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Liverpool Echo
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Theo Squires

Liverpool might have just been handed '11th hour' opportunity to sign new midfielder in January

Brighton & Hove Albion must be sick of the sight of Chelsea. Having signed Marc Cucurella in a £56m deal in early-August before luring away manager Graham Potter a month later, the Londoners are attempting to go back shopping on the south coast once again.

Reported interest in Leandro Trossard came to nothing as the Belgian joined Arsenal in a £21m deal last week. But such speculation did prompt social media creatives to have fun with a clip from ‘Breaking Bad’, with Bryan Cranston's Walter White taking on the role of Potter and urging ‘owner Todd Boehly’ (in this case Bob Odenkirk's Saul Goodman) to make the call to Brighton to hijack the deal.

“I can't, I can't (call anonymously) They know me, they know my voice, they'll know me. Please, you've got to do it for me. I'm begging you. Please, please!"

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