David Hancko played under Arne Slot at Feyenoord and was keen on joining his former boss at Liverpool earlier this summer but the Dutchman is said to have quickly poured cold water on the idea

Hancko, hailed as a ‘world-class defender’ by Dutch journalist Diederik de Groot on X, would’ve been an interesting choice, mainly because he has worked under Slot and knows his system. However, the Liverpool boss has already turned him down. We expect the Reds to go after a much more accomplished centre-half in one of the next two windows.

Liverpool did not sign any new defenders in the summer transfer window but one of Arne Slot's old Feyenoord players claims he spoke to the Reds' head coach about a possible move