Man Utd target Ilkay Gundogan hints at Liverpool move

Klopp has already snapped Subotic up once, taking the defender to Dortmund with him from Mainz in 2008.

How open Dortmund would be to selling one of their star assets is unclear, but CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has revealed that the club would be open to speaking with their former employee Klopp should he make an approach.

While Liverpool are still taking on the Klopp way of playing football, there have been some great signs such as the away wins at Chelsea and Manchester City.

Klopp has previously denied rumours claiming there is an agreement with his former club in which he can not sign their players.

Klopp, 48, is now in charge of Premier League giants Liverpool.

“One thing is clear: we at BVB have a very good relationship with Jurgen”, he told German publication Die Welt.

“He’s changed me, not only as a footballer, but as a human being – no one had more influence than Klopp on who I became as a player”. We have good players and they need to come through this.

“I did not expect that”.

Borussia Dortmund centre-back Neven Subotic could make a transfer to Liverpool in January, according to reports in Germany.

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has reopened the possibility of him leaving the Bundesliga giants, suggesting a failure to qualify for next season’s Champions League could spark a mass exit.

“I don’t want to compare managers too much because it’s not fair, but the pressing style is similar to what I was used to”.

Subotic appears the most likely acquisition to arrive from Signal Iduna Park, with the Serbia worldwide now out of favour with new boss Thomas Tuchel.