7 stars Liverpool failed to sign under Jurgen Klopp

#2 Ousmane Dembele

Dembele moved to Barcelona a year after rejecting Liverpool and joining Dortmund

It’s hard to say how many of the players in this list would improve the current Liverpool squad but a player of Ousmane Dembele’s quality would be welcome at Liverpool irrespective of the players already at the club.

When Klopp took over, Liverpool’s only winger was Jordon Ibe and he too was sold in the summer of 2016. The German signed Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri in subsequent summers to address the wide areas. However, the first player on Klopp’s list was Ousmane Dembele.

Dembele was on the verge of moving from Rennes in 2016 and Klopp met with the player to convince him to join Liverpool.

“I saw Klopp in Paris but I told him I’d made up my mind to sign for BVB.” Dembele told FourFourTwo

He has since moved to Barcelona and won the FIFA World Cup with France. Despite his brilliant form this season, Dembele often finds himself on the bench at Barcelona and is constantly linked with a move away from the club. Whenever his name is mentioned in the transfer rumours, Liverpool is not far away.