Liverpool have now made a bid for ‘absolutely phenomenal’ Champions League winner

Liverpool have now made a bid for ‘absolutely phenomenal’ Champions League winner

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Liverpool are looking to make some moves in the January window as Jurgen Klopp looks to capitalise on a strong first half of the season.

The Reds are top of the table at the moment and could go three points clear of Aston Villa be beating Newcastle at Anfield tonight.

Regardless of tonight’s result, though, Liverpool will be active this January. A defender is high on their list, with the likes of Goncalo Inacio and Antonio Silva among the names mentioned.

However, there could also be movement for a top class midfielder and according to AS, Liverpool have now made a move for Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich.

Liverpool join bidding for Joshua Kimmich
According to the report from the Spanish outlet, Liverpool and Manchester United have now ‘joined the bidding’ for Kimmich.

It comes amid talk of a move to Real Madrid for the German star. Kimmich’s contract at Bayern expires in 2025 and Madrid are thought to be keen on signing him.

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However, it won’t be straight forward for the Spanish side as Liverpool and United linger in the background.

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Despite signing new midfielders in the summer, some at Liverpool feel a top number six would round things off for them. Kimmich, then, ticks that box.

Lauded by Jose Mourinho, Kimmich certainly has the seal of approval of the former Chelsea boss.

“I think he looks to me, very intelligent related to football, very intelligent, understands the moments of the games and understands the difference between positions and understands what he has to do here and what he has to do there. I think he’s phenomenal, an absolutely phenomenal player,” Mourinho said of Kimmich.

Kimmich would be some signing for Klopp
As Mourinho’s praise suggests, Joshua Kimmich is one of the very best players in the world and has been for some time.

He has been a driving force behind Bayern’s success and his versatility is also a massive weapon.

For Liverpool, the idea of seeing Kimmich in midfielder with Szoboszlai and Mac Allister is something for fans to salivate over.

The German would bring that added touch of class, not to mention elite winning mentality. After all, this is a player who has won the Champions League and eight German league titles.

If this one comes off, then Liverpool win the transfer window, hands down.

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Roberto Firmino to make Liverpool return as he considers rapid Saudi transfer exit
Liverpool favourite Roberto Firmino is poised to return to Merseyside as speculation mounts over his long-term future in Saudi Arabia with his new club, Al-Ahli

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Roberto Firmino is ready to quit Al-Ahli after falling out of favour with the Saudi Pro League club and has suitors all across Europe – including England.

The former Liverpool favourite, 32, left Anfield as a free agent and joined the exodus of top stars who moved out to the Middle East during the summer, despite speculation linking him with a move elsewhere.

Firmino made the perfect start to life in Saudi Arabia by plundering a hat-trick on his Al-Ahli debut. However, his stock has significantly waned after failing to score a single goal since his maiden treble and he’s found himself out of the team in recent weeks.

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According to talkSPORT, the Brazil international is considering moving on in January after growing frustrated with his situation at Al-Ahli – and a return to the Premier League is seemingly not out of the question.

The report goes on to outline that Firmino – who is frustrated with Al-Ahli’s system – was being courted by Sheffield United prior to Paul Heckingbottom’s sacking earlier this month. And while it remains to be seen if their interest will cool in the wake of Heckingbottom’s departure, Firmino still has plenty of other suitors across Europe.

There is interest in Firmino’s services from clubs in Turkey, while the forward would also consider a return to his native Brazil. Al-Ahli are open to loaning Firmino out in January but would prefer him to remain in the Middle East.

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Firmino will be returning to the city for a book signing following the release of his memoirs, “Si Senor: My Liverpool Years”. The book shares some of his favourite memories from his eight years at Liverpool, including memorable moments from the club’s Premier League and Champions League-winning campaigns.

If a transfer back to England does materialise in the coming weeks, Firmino could yet come up against several of his old teammates and Jurgen Klopp on the pitch. But for now, Firmino’s future is very much up in the air as we head into January.

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Former Liverpool defender Daniel Agger admits he rejected a mega-money move to Manchester City during his playing days at Anfield – despite the Reds wanting to cash in on the defender.

Agger, now 39, made the move to Anfield from Danish Superliga side Brondby in 2006 and enjoyed a fine eight-year career on Merseyside under managers Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson, Kenny Dalglish and later Brendan Rodgers.

The former Denmark international was part of Benitez’s Liverpool side that came within a whisker of sealing a first Premier League crown in 19 years in 2009, only to miss out on title success to Manchester United by four points after several draws throughout the campaign.

By 2012, however, Agger found himself at the centre of a transfer tug-of-war between Man City and Barcelona, who both hoped to capitalise on the defender’s expiring contract. However, after Spanish giants Barca’s offer was blown out of the water by the UAE-backed City, Agger admits he had no interest in swapping Merseyside for Manchester.

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“It was a strange one,” said Agger, reflecting on the events of 2012. “I remember I got presented for all these things and the club asked me what I was going to do and I said, ‘If you want me here, I will stay’. But I said, ‘If you don’t want me, if you don’t see me as part of your future I think it’s time that I go because I want to play football. I prefer to do it here but if you don’t think I’m good enough then I would like to go because these offers are on the table and I don’t know if I will have them next year’.

“I don’t know the story from their side, I think they agreed a price (with Barcelona) and they accepted it and came to me and said, ‘this is it’. I said, ‘okay, fair enough’. But then from the side, another offer came in which was a lot higher, which they accepted and I didn’t want to go to that club.

“I said, ‘if you want to sell me I go down there (to Barcelona) otherwise I don’t go’. And another offer came in from the same club (Man City), higher, and my feeling was that the club wanted me to go because it was a lot of money back then. I said, ‘there’s no chance I’m going to that club, so better just stop now’.”

Speaking on the ‘Aldo Meets’ Podcast, host and Liverpool ECHO columnist John Aldridge asked Agger if the other club in question was Manchester City, to which he replied: “Yeah.”

After falling down the pecking order under Rodgers in 2013/14, Agger left Liverpool and returned to Brondby in 2014, aged 29. In 2016, Agger retired from the sport altogether.

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