Liverpool have been told there is no chance they will sign Teun Koopmeiners in January.
In a report for FootballTransfers, Jacque Talbot, the same journalist who revealed key updates on the Reds’ interest in Darwin Nunez, confirmed that Atlanta has no interest in selling the Dutchman.
That hasn’t stopped the Reds’ recruiting team from looking at alternative options at the same time as there have been “talks” about the future of Khephren Thuram and Kouadio Kone.
Ex: Said Atalanta will refuse to sell Liverpool target Teun Koopmeiners in this window. Targeting Europe and already sold Ruslan Malinovskyi to Marseille. I overheard conversations between Reds and Nice’s Khephren Thuram, and Borussia Monchengladbach’s Kouadio Kone though.
— Jacque Talbot (@jac_talbot) January 9, 2023
The Merseysiders have already signed Cody Gakpo in the January transfer window and it is understood they are keeping their options open.
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With a sum of epic proportions required in the summer, if we are yet to officially throw our hat in the ring for Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham, the Reds don’t have especially deep pockets to look for more business.
That wouldn’t necessarily be a problem if top-four football was guaranteed for Liverpool, as it has been in recent years during Jurgen Klopp’s tenure.
Sitting seven points behind fourth-place Manchester United, though just four behind Newcastle United, assuming we win our next game, such an eventuality is far from a certain reality.
The good news is that some investment could provide the much-needed extra spark to get our 2022/23 campaign back on track and allow us the financial flexibility to perform major surgery in the summer.
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