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Ousmane Dembele says Liverpool failed in a late attempt to sign him last summer.

The highly-rated 19-year-old attacker had already decided to make the move from Rennes to Borussia Dortmund when he met Jurgen Klopp. Dembele had also attracted interest from Premier League champions Leicester City.

“I saw Klopp in Paris but I told him I had made up my mind to sign for Dortmund,” Dembele told FourFourTwo.

“I told Claudio Ranieri the same thing.”

The Frenchman is loving life at Dortmund alongside another Liverpool transfer target, Christian Pulisic.

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Klopp is a big admirer of the USA international, who joined Dortmund’s Academy in January 2015 when the German was still manager there.

Liverpool had an £11million bid for Pulisic rejected last summer and their hopes of luring him away from the Westfalenstadion this summer were effectively dashed when the teenager penned a new contract in January.

“I have respect for Klopp and I know him - he was very welcoming to me here - but I was never really thinking about going to Liverpool,” Pulisic said.

“Dortmund have given me everything. If I work very hard here I will play and I love this club.”