Liverpool will still make a move for Dayot Upamecano at the end of the season despite planning to bring in two new centre-backs today, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. Jurgen Klopp has been struck by a defensive crisis this year.
Liverpool are still planning to move for Dayot Upamecano this summer (Image: GETTY)
"Liverpool are one of the clubs looking at Upamecano and it will be interesting to see who makes the best contract bid because with Leipzig you just have to pay the clause."
Romano also provided an update on how Liverpool's deals for Davis and Kabak are going.
"Ben Davies is completed and they are negotiating with Schalke for Ozan Kabak," he explained. "Talks are ongoing right now.
"There is an agreement with the player on personal terms but not yet with the club.
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"They are negotiating around a possible clause for an obligation to buy. Liverpool are optimistic there."
Klopp addressed his side's transfer situation following the victory over West Ham on Sunday.
“Nothing to say about it," Klopp told Sky Sports.
“I say it all the time, in our situation it makes sense [to sign a centre-back].
Dayot Upamecano is available for just £37m this summer (Image: GETTY)
“[But] Nat Phillips played a decent game, James Milner shouted at Hendo [Jordan Henderson] ‘you better be careful, because if you keep playing like this, you’ll be centre-back for the rest of your career’.
“Our eyes are always open, and we try to fix our situation. If we can do it, I don’t know. If not, we play like tonight.
“If it’s not a problem, it’s only a problem if something else happens – then we become a little bit short, that’s true.”