According to The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Liverpool made contact towards the end of last week with former Arsenal centre-back Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
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The Greece international was released by the North London outfit this month having been left out of their Premier League and Europa League squads at the beginning of the season, and he is currently a free agent.
Liverpool are in need of a defender with Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez out of action due to long-term injuries, and while Joel Matip recently returned, manager Jurgen Klopp is keen to sign one centre-back this month given the Cameroonian’s injury record.