Liverpool complete West Ham deal and reach agreement with Xabi Alonso – Klopp’s ideal deadline day

Liverpool seal West Ham deal and Xabi Alonso agreement – Klopp’s dream deadline day

Liverpool’s dream January transfer deadline day would see them put some important pieces into place for the post-Jurgen Klopp era.

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Jurgen Klopp will leave Liverpool at the end of this season
It’s been a wild final week of the January transfer window for Liverpool but not in terms of transfers. The club were rocked last Friday by the public announcement that Jurgen Klopp will be leaving at the end of the season. The Reds are now concentrating on trying to give Klopp the best possible send-off, and today will be the final day of his tenure in which he can theoretically sign players.

But with Liverpool having not made a single signing in the winter window, it is incredibly unlikely they make any last-gasp additions today. Instead, a dream deadline day for the Merseyside outfit would consist of putting the pieces in place for the post-Klopp future.

With recruitment effectively put on hold until Liverpool identify who they will appoint to replace the legendary German in the Anfield dugout, Express Sport looks at what a dream deadline day could look like for the club today…

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West Ham deal
Before Liverpool appoint a new manager, they want to get a sporting director in place. On the same day it was announced Klopp and his backroom staff will leave, it was confirmed that Jorg Schmadtke will depart once the January window ends.

He joined in the summer and helped conduct incomings and outgoings following the departure of Julian Ward. Ward’s exit was also a shock and came just 12 months after he replaced Michael Edwards. Schmadtke was always a stop-gap appointment and now Liverpool need a long-term successor to Ward.