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Liverpool have been linked with all nine of these players in recent weeks, following a drab start to the 2014/15 campaign.
They’ve struggled both defensive and offensively, so a range of players in various positions are apparently interesting Brendan Rodgers.
Scroll through the pages to read the nine players, along with the newspaper source from which the story was generated.
Guillermo Ochoa (The Mirror)
The Mexican keeper who shone at the World Cup plays for Malaga, but is rumoured to be available for £4m despite only moving in the summer.
Asier Illarramendi (The Mirror)
The Real Madrid midfielder sits on the bench in Spain, but the Reds would do excellently to acquire the talented battler’s services, as he cost €32m in summer 2013.
Zakaria Bakkali (The Mirror)
Chelsea are the rumoured frontrunners for the Belgian wonderkid’s services, but he’d get far more chance of game time if he were to move to Anfield. The winger’s contract at PSV runs out at the end of the season.
Marco Reus (The Mirror)
Manchester City and Bayern Munich both want the German sensation, and realistically; the 25-year-old might be out of Liverpool’s wage and ability bracket based on their start to the campaign. They really should have moved heaven and earth to sign him in the summer.
Omer Toprak (The Express)
Toprak is 25-years-old and Turkish, and his performances for Bayer Leverkusen have led many to believe the Reds will make a £12m bid for his services shortly. Could he be the man solve Liverpool’s centre-back crisis?
Dani Alves (Daily Star)
Barcelona legend Alves is leaving at the end of the season, but the Reds, along with Chelsea and Man United, have been linked with making him an offer as soon as January.
Sami Khedira (The Mirror)
Arguably the player Liverpool fans would most like in January, Khedira is out of favour at Real Madrid, but would demand enormous wages to move. Chelsea and Arsenal would also battle for his signature.
Xherdan Shaqiri (The Mirror)
Spurs are the latest club interested in taking the excellent Swiss playmaker on loan from German giants Bayern Munich. Liverpool remain long-term admirers.
Saido Berahino (The Metro)
The highest scoring Englishman in the Premier League this season, Berahino would inject the pace and dynamism needed into Liverpool’s frontline, and would cost a rumoured £12m.
