Football transfer rumours: Jack Butland to Liverpool?

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Jürgen Klopp hasn’t won a trophy at Anfield yet but that hasn’t stopped the Liverpool manager from dreaming of a double in a calendar year. Not that it has anything to do with silverware. No, having broken the world record for signing the most expensive defender in history when he spent a cool £75m on Virgil van Dijk, the once frugal German now wants to break the record for splashing the most cash on a goalkeeper by parting with £40m for Stoke’s Jack Butland. It says here that Arsenal are keen on the 25-year-old too – what with Petr Cech approaching pension age and all – but the prospect of a loving Klopp bear-hug has convinced Butland that his future lies on Merseyside.

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