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title: "Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp’s makes contact with Thomas Meunier"
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author: "jonathan radcliffe"
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published: "2020-05-28T09:20:19Z"
modified: "2020-05-28T09:20:19Z"
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# Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp’s makes contact with Thomas Meunier

**[As per Le10 Sport](https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/exclu-mercato-psg-liverpool-debarque-pour-thomas-meunier-505004), Liverpool have made contact with PSG defender Thomas Meunier in regards to a potential free transfer.**

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

The 28-year-old’s contract [runs out](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thomas-meunier/profil/spieler/100986) at the end of this campaign, which would leave him free to join another club without the need for a transfer fee.

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They say that Jurgen Klopp has already made contact with the Belgium international, who is also wanted by Borussia Dortmund and Napoli.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

In terms of the right-back position at Anfield, Trent Alexander-Arnold has it on lockdown. The 21-year-old is arguably the best on the planet in his position – the [most recent Ballon d’Or rankings](https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/02/full-ballon-dor-ranking-2019-lionel-messi-wins-award-sets-new-record-11257792/) indicated as much. He is the Reds’ creative force from right-back, racking up [16](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/1?reldata=%262018) assists last season as well as [14](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/reldata/%262019/plus/1) this time around – in either campaign, not one of his teammates has managed more.

Such is his importance, his absence has been particularly felt in the past. During the 2018/19 season, he missed [two](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/trent-alexander-arnold/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/314353/plus/0?saison=2018&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) Champions League games, both of which the Reds lost, whilst of the nine Premier League matches in which he didn’t play, the Reds drew four, dropping eight points – they only failed to win eight league matches across the whole campaign, and ended up finishing [one](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table/2018) point behind Manchester City at the top of the table.

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Effectively, his absence is one of the reasons he did not lift the Premier League last term, primarily because they did not have a good-enough replacement. Bringing in Meunier would change that. He has made [128](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thomas-meunier/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/100986) appearances for the Ligue 1 champions, scoring 13 times and providing 21 assists, whilst he has also scored seven times in 40 matches for Belgium. Currently valued at [£21.6m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thomas-meunier/marktwertverlauf/spieler/100986) by Transfermarkt, he could solve one of Jurgen Klopp’s problems in the future and become the ideal back-up option for Alexander-Arnold, offering attacking impetus in the Englishman’s absence.

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