Liverpool transfer news and rumours: Jurgen Klopp handed boost in bid to sign Leon Goretzka
Tuesday 2 January 2018 08:20, UK
All the latest Liverpool transfer news and rumours from across the British and European press on Tuesday, January 2.
Liverpool have received a boost over target Leon Goretzka after his agent denied the Schalke midfielder is ready to move to Bayern Munich, according to reports in the Sun.
The Germany international is one of the most sought-after players in the Bundesliga, although Jurgen Klopp may have to beat off competition from the likes of the Bundesliga champions, as well as Barcelona and Arsenal, in order to sign the 22-year-old next season.
Meanwhile, the red top also claims reports that Liverpool would sue Nike over its Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona gaffe have turned out to be false.
The Liverpool manager said he "couldn't be less interested" in Nike mistakenly advertising Barca shirts on their website featuring Coutinho's name.
The Brazil playmaker, who missed the Reds' 2-1 win at Burnley on New Year's Day, has been consistently linked with a move to the Nou Camp.
And finally, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane will both make a 6000-mile round trip to the African Footballer of the Year awards just 24 hours before Friday night's huge Merseyside derby with Everton in the FA Cup third round.
The Egypt forward only moved to Anfield from Roma last summer and has so far made a huge impact in his debut campaign on Merseyside.
