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title: "Liverpool fight Barcelona for Klopp’s favourite players"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fight-barcelona-for-klopps-favourite-players/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Josh Challies"
section: "Bundesliga News"
published: "2015-10-09T18:50:27Z"
modified: "2015-10-09T18:50:27Z"
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# Liverpool fight Barcelona for Klopp’s favourite players

[![Gundogan](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Gundogan-500x338.jpg)](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Gundogan.jpg?admin)Liverpool fans in the Transfer Tavern are bracing themselves for an exciting January transfer window amid reports that the Reds will go head-to-head with Barcelona for some top targets.

Spanish outlet *Mundo Deportivo* suggest Barcelona are concerned the Reds will beat them to Borussia Dortmund duo Marco Reus and Ilkay Gundogan, with [Klopp said to be seriously considered a raid on his former employers.](https://www.le10sport.com/football/mercato/mercato-barcelone-klopp-liverpool-le-barca-pourrait-accelerer-sur-deux-dossiers-importants-206165)

Barcelona scouts have been s[couring German talent for a while](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/611014/Barcelona-Liverpool-Marco-Reus-Ilkay-Gundogan-Transfer-News-Gossip) but their ambitions were put on-hold due to a transfer ban, which expires at the beginning of 2016.

A poor start to the La Liga campaign, and a injury to Lionel Messi, has left last season’s treble winners ready to splash the cash in the market- and [they will look to beat Liverpool to both Reus and Gundogan.](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/611014/Barcelona-Liverpool-Marco-Reus-Ilkay-Gundogan-Transfer-News-Gossip)

Klopp’s appointment at Anfield has led to a number of Dortmund stars being linked with a switch to Liverpool and the lad at the jukebox reckons the German will raid his former employers in a similar swoop to the Reds ambush on Southampton in 2014.

**Liverpool fans, what Dortmund stars do you want at Anfield? Let us know in the comments!**