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According to reports from Germany, Jorg Schmadtke could be officially unveiled as Liverpool’s new sporting director on Friday, and he’s already believed to have a list of players he wants to bring in at Anfield. claimed that the 59-year-old’s impending appointment might be announced as soon as tomorrow, with the naming a quartet of Bundesliga players who ‘could emerge on Liverpool’s radar’ as a result. Their report namechecked Ryan Gravenberch, Josko Gvardiol, Florian Neuhaus and Daichi Kamada as prospective targets the German might seek to attract to Merseyside over the summer. Despite his club’s supposed stance of preferring to keep him, the 21-year-old is on moving elsewhere, having started only two Bundesliga games all season ( . Gvardiol’s name has also resurfaced of late amid reports from the that Jurgen Klopp sees him as a player who’d improve Liverpool defensively, although he could cost an eye-watering £85m or more. Neuhaus and Kamada haven’t been mentioned quite as abundantly, but while the former has seen his stock in Germany plummet in recent times ( , the latter has excelled at Eintracht Frankfurt, scoring 16 goals from an attacking midfield role this season ( .

It’s unlikely that all four will be signed, especially with a move for Alexis Mac Allister seemingly and the Argentine in the region of £70m, but the early signs are that Liverpool’s incoming sporting director will focus heavily on his homeland for summer transfer targets.