Liverpool transfer news: Reds won't move for Joe Hart but monitoring Benfica striker Raul Jimenez
All the latest rumours from Anfield on Monday 2nd January, 2017
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool will not make a move for Joe Hart in either the current transfer window or the next, despite question marks over both Loris Karius and Simon Mignolet.
Mignolet has battled back to become the Reds’ No 1 after Karius was dropped following a series of high-profile mistakes, but the Belgian is still yet to convince Jurgen Klopp that he is the man to hold the position down long term.
But Sky Sports say that Hart will not be targeted as a solution by the Anfield club, despite reports that he wants to return to the Premier League following his season-long loan at Serie A side Torino.
However, Liverpool have lined up one target for the summer – 22-year-old Benfica striker Raul Jimenez, according to Squawka.
They suggest Klopp is looking to find a replacement for injury-prone forward Daniel Sturridge and has earmarked the Mexican as someone who would fit into his style of play.
Jimenez has scored eight times in 18 games this season but a move in the summer would be more likely than anything this month, with Benfica keen to hold on to the forward.
Liverpool are also keen on Norwich winger Jacob Murphy and are looking to beat Tottenham to his signature this month, report the Mirror.
Both clubs have scouted the 21-year-old but the Reds will offer to loan Murphy back to the Championship club for the remainder of the season, in a hope to persuade Norwich to sell to them rather than Spurs.
And according to the Liverpool Echo, Lucas Leiva, Liverpool’s longest-serving current player, could end up staying at Anfield this month, despite interest from Inter Milan.
Reports in Italy had suggested the Brazilian had already undergone a medical and while Klopp is happy to sanction the move, he will only do so if the deal is right for all three parties.
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