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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp defies club chief with £14m swoop for Everton target
LIVERPOOL will defy Empoli's sporting director by signing star midfielder Riccardo Saponara six months ahead of schedule, according to reports.
Riccardo Saponara has scored four goals for Empoli this season
Reds manager Jurgen Klopp is understood to be keen on landing 23-year-old Saponara this winter.
That is despite Marcello Carli insisting last month that the Italian would be going nowhere until summer 2016.