Liverpool want Marcel Schmelzer (Picture: Getty)

Liverpool are ready to launch a bid for Marcel Schmelzer at the end of the season after making the Borussia Dortmund star their top transfer target.

The Reds are gearing up a summer of spending, with the club set to seal their place in the Champions League next season – possibly as Premier League winners.

And while manager Brendan Rodgers is coy on their chances of claiming the title, he is already working on a squad for next term, with strengthening the defence a priority.

The left-back area is the position most in need of work, with Liverpool struggling to find a consistency option there in recent years.




But according to Bild, Rodgers thinks he’s found the solution in Dortmund full-back Schmelzer, who will be a top target when the transfer window re-opens.

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Brendan Rodgers wants a new left-back (Picture: Getty)

The trusted paper says Liverpool are ready to battle hard to land the player, with loanee Aly Cissokho set to be sent back to Valencia, while Jose Enrique could also leave.

Those deals would clear the way for Schmelzer to be first-choice should a deal be done for the 26-year-old Germany international.

A previous target for Real Madrid, he could cost upwards of £10million.

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