Liverpool 'fish in Italy' for £31.5m Klopp favorite after 'serious injury' in midfield

Jurgen Klopp, the 'technical histrionic', is planning a 'new assault' on the transfer market to cover for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who has suffered another 'serious injury'.

Oxlade-Chamberlain had a career blighted by injury and Klopp confirmed the midfielder suffered another 'serious' setback, which would keep him until October.

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"With Oxlade it will take longer," Klopp told reporters ahead of the Community Shield clash with Man City.

"It's a serious hamstring injury and it will take longer.

"It's a hamstring, we all hate that word, we hate the injury, but it happens once in a while and now Ox was the one."

And as a result, Caliciomercatoweb claim that 'the idea of ​​fishing in Italy ticks the mind of the Reds technician', with a midfield reinforcement now 'urgently needed'.

The flowery language - which admittedly may not have been perfectly translated - didn't stop there, as the report claims Klopp could dive into 'the Serie A pool' to replace Oxlade -Chamberlain.

Hakan Calhanoglu, "already targeted at the start of the summer trading session", is "one of the favorites in German technical histrionics".

The 'Teutonic coach' (seriously) is also said to be a fan of Adrien Rabiot of Juventus and Ismael Bennacer of AC Milan, and 'could be the subject of aggression from the British company".

Calhanoglu – who is valued by Transfermarkt at £31.5m – swapped AC Milan for Inter Milan last summer, moving on a free transfer, and has contributed 13 assists and seven goals in his first Serie A season for the Nerazzurri.

Liverpool wrapped up their transfer business at the start of the summer, signing Fabio Carvalho from Fulham and Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen, while Darwin Nunez was their big acquisition from Benfica.

It's been frequently reported that these three signings would be the sum total of their company despite false rumors to the contrary, and let's face it, this one is almost certainly that far off the mark.

Klopp was impressed with Nunez's performance in the 3-1 win over Manchester City on Saturday and called the striker's criticism a 'joke'.

"It was good, it was really good. It will definitely get better with time," Klopp said.

"We live in a world where everyone is judged at first sight and that doesn't help anyone, but it happens all the time.

"During the first few games (of pre-season) we weren't even close to today's level of fitness, then when he arrived we passed him every ball to chase him away and after the third ball he was completely killed and then everyone judged his first touches and that kind of stuff.

"It's just a joke but you have to live with it, he'll handle it brilliantly. We're patient and we know he can do good things.