Jude Bellingham's prospects of joining Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool appear to have taken a hit after Borussia Dortmund director Michael Zorc publicly came out to pour cold water on talk of a move to Anfield.
In the last week reports around Europe had started to link the England starlet with Liverpool, with many outlets carrying reports that Bellingham had confided in family and friends that Merseyside was his next destination.
Bellingham, 18, still has four years left on a bumper deal at the Westfalenstadion and now club chief Zorc has come out to set the record straight.