The Germany youth international was one of the Reds’ priority targets last summer, but their transfer thinking has since shifted
ANALYSIS
With an incredible engine and the appetite to run the length of the pitch and a game, Liverpool's push to add Mahmoud Dahoud to their midfield ahead of the 2016-17 season made perfect sense.
Goal revealed in April last year that he was high on Jurgen Klopp’s shortlist as the manager prepared to reconstruct the squad for his first full campaign in charge on Merseyside.
Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham were also intent on recruiting the 21-year-old, but with Borussia Monchengladbach refusing to sanction a sale after losing Granit Xhaka to Arsenal, Dahoud remained in the Bundesliga.