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title: "Klopp intent on signing Serie A defender this month"
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author: "Ben Smith"
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published: "2016-01-11T14:16:21Z"
modified: "2016-01-11T14:16:21Z"
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# Klopp intent on signing Serie A defender this month

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants to wrap up a deal to sign Juventus defender Martin Caceres this month, according to [Calciomercato](https://www.calciomercato.com/news/juventus-il-liverpool-insiste-per-caceres-627719).

The Uruguay international is out of contract in the summer, but the Italian publication claim that Klopp wants to take the 28-year-old to Anfield now to help solve his defensive crisis.

![Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2016/01/504432032.jpg)

The Reds are currently without Martin Skrtel, Mamadou Sakho and Dejan Lovren through injury, which leaves them with just two recognised central defenders – 34-year-old Kolo Toure, and Tiago Ilori, who returned from his loan spell at Aston Villa in time to make his Liverpool debut at Exeter City on Friday night.

Caceres has a Champions League winner’s medal to his name, having represented Barcelona in the 2008-09 campaign in which they also won La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

He has also won the Copa America with Uruguay in 2011, and four back-to-back Serie A titles with Juventus.

The former Sevilla centre-back has only featured three times for the Old Lady in the league this season.