The January transfer window is fast approaching as clubs eye reinforcements heading into the second half of the season.
Premier League clubs spent a record £815million in January last year, with Liverpool completing the signing of Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven after bringing forward their transfer plans to beat off rival interest from the likes of Manchester United for the Netherlands international.
Speaking earlier this month, Jurgen Klopp revealed he is not planning to buy a centre-back to cover Joel Matip’s expected absence for the rest of the season but admits the nature of the Premier League means all clubs are “only two injuries away from a real problem”.
Klopp pointed to the availability and cost implications of trying to sign a player of sufficient calibre in the winter window, as he insisted the club doesn’t operate in a “wonderland”. But despite the Liverpool manager’s comments, his side continues to be linked with a host of names, and below we have rounded up the latest transfer gossip involving the Anfield club.
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Goncalo Inacio
Liverpool have emerged as the latest club to be linked with a move for Sporting CP defender Goncalo Inacio.
The 22-year-old has been linked with Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur and more recently Arsenal. But now a report from Portugal has claimed that the Reds are on the ‘attack’ for the defender.
According to a report from Jornal de Noticias, Inacio is 'surrounded' by the Reds as they desperately seek to address the left-hand side of their defence next month. The report also claims that the
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