It has been nearly three months since Liverpool confirmed Champions League football – albeit with a play-off still to navigate.

And still Jurgen Klopp is looking, by his own admission, for new signings.

The transfer window has become clouded, Southampton and RB Leipzig dirtying the Reds' chances with their refusal to sell Virgil van Dijk and Naby Keita respectively.

Now is time for the German to place his sleeve over his hand, make the window transparent once more, and peer towards Paris.

Reports in both France and Germany claim Julian Draxler has been deemed surplus to requirements by boss Unai Emery, with no more room for him in the squad.

The 23-year-old's agent, Roger Wittman, denied his client was going anywhere earlier in the week.

“Draxler will stay and will not be sold this summer,” he told Bild. “Paris is building a group with the best players in the world at every post, and Julian is one of them and he wants to continue to be part of it.”

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He would say that, of course. Yet as the Paris Saint-Germain firesale continues following the arrival of Neymar, the reality is Draxler looks one of the most vulnerable.

His absence from the squad in the Ligue 1 side's opening two league fixtures should not be considered evidence of his limited chances in the capital – he was a late returnee from captaining Germany to Confederations Cup glory.

Instead, consider this as evidence. Lucas Moura, Edinson Cavani, Angel Di Maria, Goncalo Guedes, Hatem Ben Arfa, Javier Pastore and Giovani Lo Celso. There's also a strong suggestion they want to throw Monaco's Kylian Mbappe into that vibrant mix.

There is a lot of talent at the club, and suggestions Draxler will find game time hard to find is not hard to believe.

Liverpool were interested in January, but a £34million deal had already been agreed with PSG; Klopp has been a keen admirer of the forward since he was at Borussia Dortmund, and Draxler at rivals Schalke.

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No wonder. He scores, he creates, he looks primed to move his game on to the next level in the right environment.

After notching 10 goals for Schalke in 2012-13, still a teenager, he has failed to reach double figures in a season since, but caught the eye for PSG with four goals in just 12 starts since his arrival in January.

The Reds, simply put, need more players, more quality. Even with their resilience in keeping Philippe Coutinho, even with the signing of Mohamed Salah, they need more options at the top end of the field.

The defence still needs reinforcements and should be priority, but Draxler adds strength to a front line that already looks weakened because of injuries to Coutinho and Adam Lallana.

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Draxler is primarily a left-sided forward – the role Mane will occupy mainly this campaign – but he possesses attributes to possibly move deeper, into the number eight role, as Coutinho has been earmarked for.

And if Coutinho leaves next summer – considered the best-case scenario to many – there could be a ready-made, younger replacement who has been granted a year of acclimatisation on Merseyside.

Deals are never so simple, of course. The inner machinations can be difficult to predict and understand.

But if Klopp is looking, it is difficult to see why his gaze would not fall upon Draxler to bolster his options. He would arrive not as an alternative to Naby Keita, not as a replacement to Coutinho, but a genuine high-level talent with the ability to alter the course of a game.

Speaking after his PSG move, Draxler said: “You know we have been in talks with some clubs in England as well, but this time I decided to make the decision as to what I feel and what I prefer for myself.

“There were some teams that wanted me from the Premier League but it was not like it was very, very close.

“Football is about making decisions and that’s what I did. I decided that PSG is the best club for me at the moment.”

If PSG are listening to offers, Klopp should convince him that is no longer the case.