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title: "Journalist claims Liverpool could agree Pulisic deal for next season"
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author: "Ryan Darby"
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published: "2018-08-01T12:42:39Z"
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# Journalist claims Liverpool could agree Pulisic deal for next season

Liverpool could lure Christian Pulisic to Anfield with a deal to join the club next summer, according to respected journalist Raphael Honigstein.

[Speaking to ESPN](https://twitter.com/MR_H8MANU/status/1024289619062341632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1024289619062341632&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.empireofthekop.com%2F2018%2F08%2F01%2Fhonigstein-very-realistic-liverpool-could-do-a-keita-with-epic-pulisic-deal%2F), as relayed by [HITC](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/08/01/honigstein-provides-interesting-update-on-liverpools-reported-pu/), Honigstein suggests that the Reds could utilise a similar deal that saw them agree to sign Naby Keita this summer.

Liverpool spent a large chunk of the previous summer transfer window chasing a deal to sign Keita from RB Leipzig but were unable to convince the Germans to sell.

![Justin Berl/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/08/1005410268-1.jpg)

The Reds then agreed to pay a premium price to sign the player the following summer, allowing Leipzig to keep the player for an extra year.

Honigstein explains that Pulisic, who is attracting interest from Chelsea, Liverpool and Bayern Munich, is more likely to be sold by the Bundesliga side next summer.

> If the situation doesn’t change as far as extending his contract is concerned, he will then definitely be sold in the summer of 2019.
>
> That puts things in an interesting context, because if you know that as a club now you wouldn’t necessarily have to force a deal through in the summer, you could say ‘what about next summer?’
>
> I think Liverpool, who have been very smart in recent years, could do almost like a Keita. Say to him ‘you know what, next summer Dortmund have to sell you, why don’t you come to us then?’.

Former Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has never hidden his admiration for the young winger, who is earning rave reviews in the Bundesliga.