Liverpool boost as €40m Klopp ‘priority’ wants ‘new challenge’ as ‘talks’ begin again after January snub

Liverpool have been given a boost in their bid to sign a new centre-back this summer as Piero Hincapie has reportedly told Bayer Leverkusen that he wants a new challenge .

The 22-year-old – who made 43 appearances in Leverkusen s double-winning season in 2023-24 – has been near the top of Liverpool s wishlist for the last year.

Reports in December claimed Jurgen Klopp has made Hincapie his priority signing and it was later claimed that after the Merseyside outfit made him their top defensive target’.

Klopp’s main ‘focus’ was to improve the squad with a left-footed central defender and Hincapie was earmarked as a top candidate’.

The club initially planned to make the move in the summer but in the end made ‘enquiries about bringing forward…