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Liverpool transfer latest: Reds risk missing out on Schalke defender Sead Kolasinac as Juventus plan talks

Juventus will hold showdown talks with Liverpool target Sead Kolasinac this week, according to reports in Italy.

The left-back is into the final six months of his current contract at Schalke and he is refusing to sign a new deal.

That means the 23-year-old can leave for free in the summer, but Juve had been hoping to sign him now for around £4million.

Patrice Evra is set to leave the Italian champions this January and they are keen to bring in a new left-back sooner rather than later.

Kolasinac is their number one target and the man they want, but Schalke's reluctance to do a deal now was thought to have dented their hopes.