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Liverpool stakeholder LeBron James has expressed his love for the Reds on Instagram, and also couldn't help but lavish praise on Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe.

Los Angeles Lakers icon James was granted a minority stake in the club when he partnered with Reds owners Fenway Sports Group in 2011, when the Boston-based company became the sole owners of his rights.

James has been to games at Anfield and regularly spoken of his support for the Reds since the establishment of that partnership, and there have been suggestions that he will be heavily involved in the marketing and potentially even the design of Liverpool's new Nike-designed shirts for the 2020/21 season.

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Those new designs will be revealed in due course - with the dates now shrouded in mystery amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic - but there have been suggestions that the Reds could follow PSG's 'Air Jordan' example and used James' branding on their kits.

And it seems that one players James would love to see in that kit is Mbappe.

The France World Cup winner has been tentatively linked with a move to the Reds for the past year, with the Nike deal potentially playing a large role in securing his signature.

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It remains to be seen whether Liverpool will be able to afford the the forward, but when James was asked about his favourite football players in an Instagram Q&A he namedropped the star.

"Favourite soccer players ... I got a few," he said.

"First of all, every player on Liverpool. Straight up. Every player on Liverpool.

"Mbappe, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo, those guys are legends, I love those guys. Those are just a few of them."

Over to you, Liverpool.