Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool tried to buy Leroy Sane from Schalke in the offseason.
Liverpool chased Schalke starlet Leroy Sane in the close season, according to the Bundesliga club's general manager Horst Heldt.
Germany youth international Sane, 19, already has three league goals in seven matches this campaign.
Brendan Rodgers' men wanted the teenager in the transfer window, with reports a bid in the region of $15 million was offered.
Ajax has also been interested in Sane in the past, according to Heldt.
"There was one or another prestigious club that contacted us," he said.