Liverpool are contemplating a transfer for a Bundesliga defender in January as Jurgen Klopp seeks to bolster his backline forward of the second half of the season.
The Reds suffered an enormous blow not too long ago with Joel Matip rupturing his ACL and probably set to overlook the rest of the marketing campaign.
Our German tactician nonetheless has Ibou Konate, Joe Gomez and Jarrell Quansah to name upon alongside Virgil van Dijk however a recent report from 90min (by way of HITC) means that Bayer Leverkusen man Jonathan Tah is on Liverpool’s radar for the January switch window.
The Germany worldwide is having fun with an excellent marketing campaign beneath Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen with the Spaniard’s aspect at the moment 4 factors clear on the prime of the Bundesliga.
Tah has made 324 appearances for Leverkusen since becoming a member of from Hamburg in 2015 and is due to this fact a really skilled participant.
Liverpool have been linked with the towering central defender since as far back as 2017 and present sporting director Jorg Schmadtke isn’t any stranger to the German prime flight with three of our 4 summer time signings coming from the Bundesliga.
The report provides that Klopp and Co. are assured that the 27-year-old might be tempted away from Leverkusen in January and that he ‘might seamlessly slot into the aspect if and when required’.
Alonso, nonetheless, is not going to need to lose any of his key gamers midway by a marketing campaign wherein they give the impression of being able to ending Bayern Munich’s interval of supremacy in Germany.
Tah is beneath contract at his present membership till the summer time of 2025 and Leverkusen are due to this fact in management when setting any potential price ticket for the defender.
Though we have now loads of religion in our present defensive choices it might actually do the squad no hurt by any means in including to these choices – particularly if we’re in search of to compete on all 4 fronts this time period.
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