Liverpool 'submit £84m bid for Jude Bellingham'

Jurgen Klopp's side named Bellingham as their top target in December, according to Sky Germany, with a summer move on the cards.

It has been claimed that Klopp has personally pushed for the move to happen, with the 19-year-old Birmingham academy graduate already established as a key player in a top five European league, and as a regular England international.

The German stated last month that Liverpool would spend in the transfer market this summer, although refused to comment on how much the club would have available to spend on new players.

The Reds have spent over £100 million combined this season on the signings of Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo, with both players already making important impacts at Anfield - even if not on a fully consistent basis just yet.

A new report claims that the Reds have already submitted a bid worth a large chunk of that amount to Dortmund for Bellingham.

According to Caught Offside, via sources, Liverpool have already looked to steal a march on their transfer rivals - including Real Madrid - by launching an early bid for Bellingham ahead of the summer window.

If the bid is accepted, it would smash Liverpool's existing transfer record of £75 million, which they paid to sign Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in 2018.