Liverpool reportedly retain an interest in Konrad Laimer following a failed attempt to sign the midfielder in the previous summer window.
This comes courtesy of a tweet from Bundesliga pundit Christian Falk and the Merseysiders are said to have made some late efforts in the previous summer window to snap the man from RB Leipzig.
TRUE✅ Liverpool had contact with Konrad Laimer’s management (also Naby Keita’s agents. Laimer is free agent in summer. @LFC interested in transfer, also @ChelseaFC. But: @FCBayern is leading the race @BILD_Sport pic. twitter .com/Om2Srja2uc
– Christian Falk (@cfbayern) October 19, 2022
The Merseysiders had been interested in a younger option in Jude Bellingham, although Borussia Dortmund firmly turned them down in light of the loss of star striker Erling Haaland.
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News that Bayern Munich are supposedly leading the way presents a bump in the road for Julian Ward and his recruiting team.
That said, our sporting director should take confidence in the fact that Laimer is a self-proclaimed Liverpool fan, telling Servus TV (via Bild): “In general, I’m a football fan. In general, I like to watch the Premier League.
“I’ve always been a Liverpool fan.”
That is far from providing a guarantee that the Austrian will swap the German top flight for the Premier League and choose a move to Anfield specifically.
However, it is a factor that will surely weigh in our favor if we seek to mount a second attempt for his signature; an option that will be hard to ignore if Leipzig fails to agree new terms.
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