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title: "Liverpool: Reds have held Jonathan Tah talks"
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author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2023-02-11T19:10:55Z"
modified: "2023-02-11T19:10:55Z"
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# Liverpool: Reds have held Jonathan Tah talks

**[Liverpool](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fc-news/) reportedly held talks in January about signing Bayer Leverkusen central defender Jonathan Tah, and could make a move this summer.**

### The Lowdown: Matip replacement?

It has recently been [reported](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-liverpool-willing-to-accept-15m-joel-matip-offer/) that Liverpool are willing to sell Joel Matip this summer if they received an offer of £15m.

Both Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate have also been suffering [injury problems](https://www.premierinjuries.com/teams/liverpool) this season, suggesting that centre-back is an area that they need to strengthen in the summer.

### The Latest: Tah talks

Co-writing for [90min](https://www.90min.com/posts/jonathan-tah-premier-league-sides-enquire-bayer-leverkusen-defender), [transfer expert Graeme Bailey](https://twitter.com/GraemeBailey) says that Liverpool held talks over potentially signing Tah in the January transfer window, and could make a move this summer.

The Germany international would be interested in a move to the Premier League, but Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur are also thought to have held an interest.

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### The Verdict: Get it done

It is safe to say that Liverpool have struggled defensively all season, with [28](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) goals conceded in their 20 games in the Premier League, and only 10 teams conceding more.

Lauded as a ‘[real battleship](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/jonathan-tah-leverkusens-defensive-battleship.jsp)‘ by his former Leverkusen team-mate Christoph Kramer, the six-foot-five Tah would help in that respect, as he ranks [highly](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/36/Show/Germany-Bayer-Leverkusen) among his current team-mates in terms of aerial duels won and average interceptions per game in the Bundesliga, while nobody can match his 3.8 clearances per match.

At 27, he is a player in his prime, and so it would make a lot of sense for the Reds to sign him this summer.

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