Liverpool are plotting a move for Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz - and reports suggest Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could go the other way.
Jurgen Klopp left it late to finally accept that the Reds’ midfield injury crisis meant a transfer was required in the final throes of the window. Having staunchly stuck to his guns and claimed Liverpool didn’t need another midfielder, Klopp changed tact as the deadline loomed large.
“I know we have had this discussion since it all started and I am the one who said we don’t need a midfielder and you were all right and I was wrong,” he joked last month. Their desperate late pursuit came after Jordan Henderson joined the likes of Naby Keita, Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in having fitness issues.
