Liverpool are battling Premier League rivals Chelsea to sign highly-rated Hoffenheim winger Nick Breitenbucher this summer, according to Spox.
While Jurgen Klopp might have ruled out the prospects of two of the most talented German footballers of a generation moving to Anfield this summer, this quicksilver teenager could end the summer on Merseyside – even if Kai Havertz and Timo Werner won’t.
Breitenbucher, a left-footed right winger who’s penchant for cutting inside has his team-mates referring to him as ‘Robben’, is yet to force his way into Hoffenheim’s plans and could be heading out of German football before he has even made his Bundesliga bow.
Spox claim that both Liverpool and Chelsea are interested.
And with his contract due to expire in 2022, Hoffenheim may be forced to cash in if an acceptable offer arrives from a pair of Premier League giants.
The German youth international has produced a remarkable 13 goals and three assists in 16 games at reserve-team level in 2019/20.
And, just 12 months after Liverpool snapped up two of Europe’s most talented teenagers in the shape of Harvey Elliott and Sepp Van der Berg, Breitenbucher could be perfectly placed to follow in their footsteps.
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