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title: "Liverpool boosted as Alaba rejects new contract at Bayern Munich"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2020-10-28T20:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-10-28T20:00:00Z"
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# Liverpool boosted as Alaba rejects new contract at Bayern Munich

Liverpool remain interested in a move for David Alaba in January, according to [https://www.footballinsider247.com/door-opens-for-liverpool-to-sign-alaba-from-bayern/](https://www.footballinsider247.com/door-opens-for-liverpool-to-sign-alaba-from-bayern/)*[Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/door-opens-for-liverpool-to-sign-alaba-from-bayern/)*, with the Austrian rejecting a new deal at Bayern Munich.

The 28-year-old is a key member of Bayern’s Champions League-winning squad, shining as a left-sided centre-back.

Alaba has been [linked](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/06/23/liverpool-linked-with-move-for-david-alaba/) with a move to Liverpool in the past, as Jurgen Klopp eyes up potential defensive reinforcements.

On Wednesday, [*Bild*](https://www.bild.de/) journalist Christian Falk [confirmed on Twitter](https://twitter.com/cfbayern/status/1321323555699806210?s=20) that the third round of contract talks between Alaba and Bayern had ‘failed’, leading to further doubts surrounding his future.

Liverpool are [reportedly](https://www.footballinsider247.com/door-opens-for-liverpool-to-sign-alaba-from-bayern/) one of the clubs keeping an eye on the situation, especially with the Reds looking so short of centre-back options at the moment.

### Read Liverpool Verdict

I think Alaba would be a fantastic signing for Liverpool, should a deal ever come to fruition in January.

The Austria international has been at the very top level for many years now, winning his country’s [Player of the Year award](https://www.worldfootball.net/footballer_of_the_year/oesterreich/) seven times and clinching nine Bundesliga and two Champions League titles.

Alaba is also very versatile, proving capable of thriving at centre-back, left-back or in central midfield. That can only be a good thing for Liverpool.

The technical quality and intelligence he possesses could make him a perfect fit in this Reds team, with Alaba enjoying an [89.3 percent](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/39722/Show/David-Alaba) pass completion rate in the Bundesliga this season, as well as averaging [two interceptions per game](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/39722/Show/David-Alaba).