Liverpool transfer news: Jurgen Klopp could wrap up unfinished business with German striker
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One could be forgiven for thinking that Jurgen Klopp has his sights on wrapping up what his Liverpool team have started this season rather than fretting too vividly about what might come next. But in the Premier League, he who stands still goes backwards, so Klopp had better be hoping the club's sporting director, Michael Edwards, is putting in the hours behind the scenes whilst the team are out dishing out the kind of wallopings they subjected Watford to on Wednesday. There's plenty to be enthusiastic about in terms of players already on the club's books who could be brought back from loan spells or out of the youth set-up to bolster the first-team squad, with forwards Rhian Brewster and the on-loan Harry Wilson two such names which are being talked about in glowing terms. But if Klopp does decide he needs to look beyond the famous Anfield gates to re-energize his team for next term, there is one name in particular which doesn't seem to want to go away. Julian Brandt Read More Andy Robertson hails Liverpool team-mate as best in the world at his position The German represents unfinished business for Jurgen Klopp after the manager tried to sign him from Bayer Leverkusen in 2017. It didn't work out too badly in the end - Mo Salah came in through the Anfield door instead - but perhaps two years later could be the perfect time for Klopp to strike once more and finally land the 22-year-old. Read More Steve McMahon on captaining Everton AND Liverpool ahead of Sunday's Mersey derby According to both Bild and Kicker the one that got away could be back in the Reds sights this summer. Adam Lallana’s likely exit from the club is only likely to speed along any deal for Brandt. Read More Mirror Football's Top Stories