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title: "Liverpool target Kerem Demirbay signs new deal with Hoffenheim"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ste Hoare"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2018-04-05T14:26:41Z"
modified: "2018-04-05T14:26:41Z"
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# Liverpool target Kerem Demirbay signs new deal with Hoffenheim

Reported Liverpool target Kerem Demirbay has all but ended any hopes of a move to Anfield by signing a new four-year contract with Hoffenheim.

The 24-year-old was a rumoured target for Jurgen Klopp but it looks like he’ll be staying put in Germany after putting pen to paper on a deal that lasts until the end of the 2022 season.

Hoffenheim’s director of football Alexander Rosen told his club’s [official website](https://www.achtzehn99.de/aktuelles/ueberblick/kerem-demirbay-verlaengert-vorzeitig/) that Demirbay’s contract extension was “a strong signal, both internally and externally, and underpins that we are resolutely pursuing our ambitious and successful path from recent years”

![Mark Robinson/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/04/837995530.jpg)

Liverpool are looking to strengthen their midfield this summer and with Emre Can looking like he might leave the club on a free transfer, Demirbay was being lined up as a possible replacement.

However, he’ll now be staying in Germany so the Reds will need to look elsewhere for midfield reinforcements in the summer.