Liverpool Transfer News: Jurgen Klopp Set His Sights on Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus
New Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is still reportedly looking to add players to his players. In a previous Latin Post report, the former Borussia Dortmund coach is keen on adding midfielders Claudio Marchisio from Juventus, and FC Porto's wonderkid Ruben Neves to fill the hole that Steven Gerrard left.
Spanish website Fichajes reported that Klopp is considering a move for another player, Dortmund star winger Marco Reus as translated by Sky Sports. The Germany international has also been linked to bigger clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona.
The Daily Star added that Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United are also suitors of the 26-year-old winger. The report noted that Reus signed a new four-year deal with BVB in February that removed that the £20 million release clause. According to Transfermarkt, he has a market value upwards of £33 million.
Reus missed a lot of games last season due to various injuries as Dortmund's standing fell in the league table, per Bleacher Report. In the new season, the German has scored three goals and assisted one in six Bundesliga appearances this season, per WhoScored.
However, Klopp has refuted in his previous interview with German news outlet, Bild, that he has no intentions of signing players from Dortmund. "I have no intention whatsoever to lure Dortmund's stars to Liverpool. I am not interested in how much money I will be allowed to spend in January," the 48-year-old manager said as translated by Liverpool Echo.
"It is only October and I don't even know how many games there are left until the winter. But we clearly have plenty of games left and we will be taking a look at our own players first," he added.
Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke told Bild that he believes Klopp is a friend of BVB and is true to his word. "Jurgen would never do anything that would damage BVB's interests. I am 100 percent certain about that. He would never approach any players behind our back. We are simply too close for things like that to happen. We have been through too much together," Watzke said as quoted by Liverpool Echo.
In his UEFA Profile, Klopp took over Dortmund in 2008, leading The Black and Yellows to sixth place in his first season. He coached the youngest team in Bundesliga history to a league title in the 2010-2011 campaign, and again the next season while also adding the German Cup.
He almost led Dortmund to the UEFA Champions League in 2013 before losing to rivals Bayern in the finals. "Kloppo" resigned from his post at the end of the season before taking the job at Anfield.
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