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Jamie Gittens of Borussia Dortmund has been with Liverpool(Image: Ralf Ibing - firo sportphoto/Getty Images)

One of the latest transfer rumours concerning Liverpool centres around the possibility of a move for Borussia Dortmund star Jamie Gittens.

Reports in recent months have claimed that the Reds have an interest in signing the England Under-21 international when the summer transfer window opens.

Liverpool have been linked with a host of potential new signings going into the summer transfer window.



It remains to be seen if the Reds will look to bring in reinforcements in the forward department, and if Gittens, 20, turns out to be a genuine transfer target.

Gittens has enjoyed an impressive season at Dortmund this term, scoring 12 goals in all competitions with five assists.

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Four of those goals have come in the Champions League, where he helped the German club reach the quarter-final before exiting the competition at the hands of Barcelona.

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Gittens also has 11 caps for the England Under-21s under his belt and will be targeting a call-up to Thomas Tuchel's senior squad in the near future.

The 20-year-old plays on the left wing for Dortmund but is also capable of performing on the right when called upon.

It was in 2020 that Gittens left Manchester City to join Dortmund, following in the footsteps of Jadon Sancho who made the same move at the start of his career.

Gittens has flourished since his switch to the Bundesliga and enjoyed a spell alongside Jude Bellingham in the Dortmund dressing room before the midfielder joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2023.

Bellingham won the Golden Boy award in December 2023, just a few months after leaving Dortmund to sign for Madrid.

The award is given to the Under-21 player who is judged to be the best in the world for the calendar year, and Bellingham tipped Gittens to follow in his footsteps and win the accolade in the future.

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"I'll name three [contenders for Golden Boy award].

First of all Arda Guler, now recovered from the injuries that prevented him from debuting with Real: he's a phenomenon, we see him in training and we are enchanted by him," Bellingham told Tuttosport in December 2023.

"Then my former teammate Jamie Gittens of Borussia Dortmund.
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