Report: Liverpool could now go back to sign 22-year-old, five years after he rejected Klopp for the first time

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Liverpool are already gathering information on central defender Perr Schuurs with designs on a transfer swoop.

Schuurs plays for Torino and Italian outlet Tutto Mercato Web claim that the Reds are watching the 22-year-old with interest.

They say that Liverpool would need to battle Atletico Madrid to get their man but that the Anfield scouting and recruitment team have been impressed by him.

Schuurs moved to Italy from Ajax during the summer and in September, his agent George Gardi said that Liverpool tried to sign him at that stage.

Liverpool keen on Schuurs

He told Tuttosport: “The first time the director expressed Torino’s willingness to take Perr it seems to me we were faced with something unthinkable to materialise.

“Over the time, clubs of the calibre of Tottenham, Liverpool or PSG had moved to take the player.

“The operation, as I told you, was long, but fair and in some passages even pleasant.

“In addition to Liverpool, Tottenham, PSG and three Italian clubs also wanted Schuurs. However, having taken a path, we went on to follow it without delay, even with a strong conviction.

“Thanks to Torino, I am sure Schuurs can become a pillar of the Dutch national team. Now he is part of the squad, but the ambition is to be a protagonist.”

Liverpool’s reported interest in Schuurs goes back to 2018, when Dutch outlet VI claim he could have moved to Anfield but chose to join Ajax instead.

So, either in the January or summer of 2023, Liverpool could now go back in to sign the defender five years after he first turned them down.

The Reds do look fairly well stocked at the back right now, with Ibrahima Konate having a bright future ahead, but Schuurs is talented, with similiarly bright prospects.