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title: "Liverpool: Fans react to Ozan Kabak rejection"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fans-react-to-ozan-kabak-rejection/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sean Clifford"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2021-07-15T12:40:10Z"
modified: "2021-07-15T13:01:45Z"
---

# Liverpool: Fans react to Ozan Kabak rejection

**Liverpool have turned down the chance to sign Schalke central defender Ozan Kabak for just £8.5 million this summer \[[The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/news/liverpool-transfer-news-ozan-kabak/AwQWdKH31vXk)\].**

Enjoying a relatively successful loan spell at Anfield in the second half of 2020/21, the Turkish international made 13 appearances across all competitions, helping the Reds to a third-placed finish \[[Transfermarkt](https://theathletic.com/news/liverpool-transfer-news-ozan-kabak/AwQWdKH31vXk)\].

Interestingly, he has now been made available for a knockdown fee of £8.5 million due to cash-flow problems at his current employers Schalke, owing to their high-profile relegation to Bundesliga 2 last term.

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Despite this, Jurgen Klopp’s men have decided to turn down the request, citing their strength in depth at centre-back presently on the books of the club \[[The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/news/liverpool-transfer-news-ozan-kabak/AwQWdKH31vXk)\] after the arrival of Ibrahima Konate.

Nevertheless, many Liverpool diehards took to Twitter to fume about recent developments.

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### Liverpool FC fans react:

Replying to respected journalist James Pearce on his official [Twitter](https://twitter.com/JamesPearceLFC/status/1415372460317360128) account, here is what some Liverpool fans had to say about the decision to decline signing Kabak:

**“disgrace”**

Credit: [@charlieIfc](https://twitter.com/charlieIfc/status/1415372597978714113)

**“You would think they had learnt their lesson and pile up on CBs after last season crisis but nah we back to risky dusty bench again. Unbelievable abstinence”**

Credit: [@abr5p](https://twitter.com/abr5p/status/1415431164349886468)

**“How seriously stupid is that? Kabak X Phillips is so good and could genuinly win the league cup and/or FA cup”**

Credit: [@Owen73753587](https://twitter.com/Owen73753587/status/1415428514124288002)

**“not a serious club are we? but extending adrian‘s contract”**

Credit: [@janexlfc1](https://twitter.com/janexlfc1/status/1415372569616785414)

**“FSG just don’t want to spend money do they”**

Credit: [@Corballyred](https://twitter.com/Corballyred/status/1415377147506663431)

**“Remember this when Matip gets another major injury and Gomez is struggling for fitness”**

Credit: [@AnfieldMagic](https://twitter.com/AnfieldMagic/status/1415372763372605445)

***In other news, Liverpool have been linked with a move for a [UEFA EURO 2020 sensation](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fc-transfer-rumours/liverpool-reds-linked-with-move-for-federico-chiesa/).***