Liverpool facing more Real Madrid transfer frustration as Jose Mourinho eyes Reds target

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Liverpool want to sign another centre-back before the summer transfer window closes, but Andoni Iraola's plans could be scuppered by Real Madrid and Jose MourinhoReal Madrid boss Jose Mourinho is eyeing a move for Liverpool target Nico Schlotterbeck. The Borussia Dortmund star is high on Real's shortlist as Mourinho urges them to sign a left-footed centre-back.Schlotterbeck, 26, was heavily linked with Liverpool last season, only to sign a new contract with Dortmund in April.

It's added that Real are have shortlisted Schlotterbeck, who Mourinho is a big fan of, alongside Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori, who can also play as a left-back.It wouldn't be the first time that Real have scuppered Liverpool's plans. But the new Liverpool manager admitted on Tuesday that they're 'very thin' when it comes to defensive options."With the centre-back, with the right-back situation, in terms of defensive depth, we are, I think, very thin right now, so I think it's a solution that we are trying to find, yes," Iraola told a press conference.Should Liverpool bid for Nico Schlotterbeck?

"I think it depends on Conor's situation," Iraola added."At the end if you have a fully fit, healthy Conor Bradley, we are very happy, ready to go and we would not be asking ourselves these questions. I think it's a situation that is tricky, because we trust Conor in the long term, we know we want him to be our right-back but right now he is still, I would say, a little bit far from returning."Join our LFC WhatsApp community and get all the latest LFC news, views, transfer gossip and more, as it happens We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.