19-cap aerial monster was ‘keen’ on mid-season Liverpool move until fateful ‘stumbling block’

Dutch defender Lutsharel Geertruida is understood to have been ‘keen’ on a prospective move to Liverpool in the January transfer window until it was shut down.

The 19-cap Netherlands international is on a season-long loan at Sunderland from RB Leipzig, and the Reds had been exploring a late-window loan move of their own for the versatile right-back, with discussions understood to have taken place behind the scenes.

However, the Monday night deadline came and went without any transaction taking place...