Wednesday's Liverpool transfer talk news roundup: David Alaba, Zion Atta

The summer transfer window has now closed and attention will begin to turn to January for Premier League champions Liverpool.

Jurgen Klopp's side brought in Thiago Alcantara, Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas during the summer, making for one of their busier transfer windows in the last couple of years.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up the latest news on possible comings and goings from Anfield.

Wednesday morning's Liverpool transfer talk news roundup:

Liverpool, Manchester City interested in Crystal Palace starlet Zion Atta?

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Liverpool and Manchester City are reportedly interested in signing Crystal Palace youngster Zion Atta, who has impressed in the Eagles' youth setup.

The 16-year-old made the move to Selhurst Park when he was just 13, with Palace forking out £60,000 to prise the highly-rated attacker away from Millwall.

Palace reportedly fended off stiff competition from a number of leading English and European sides in order to land Atta, but the Eagles appear to have a fight on their hands if they are to keep hold of the teenager.

According to the Daily Mail, Liverpool and Man City retain an interest in Atta, who is eligible to represent both Italy and the Ivory Coast, although he currently occupies a spot in England's Under-16 squad.

However, the report claims that the two dominant forces in the Premier League are not the only ones keeping a close eye on developments, with Bundesliga trio Augsburg, Bayern Munich and Borussia Monchengladbach all interested as well.

Atta cannot pen professional terms at Palace until he turns 17, but the teenager is understood to have committed his future to the Eagles by signing a scholarship deal back in July.

David James warns Liverpool over David Alaba move

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Former Liverpool goalkeeper David James believes that Jurgen Klopp should consider the long-term implications of a move for Bayern Munich defender David Alaba.

With Virgil van Dijk set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines and Fabinho suffering injury woes of his own, Liverpool have been linked with a swoop for Alaba, who will see his contract at Bayern expire next year.

The Austria international is capable of playing in the heart of defence or as a left-back, and while James has described Alaba as a "phenomenal player", the former England goalkeeper has questioned how the signing of the Bayern man would fit into Liverpool's long-term plan.

Speaking to Stadium Astro, James said: "I'm just trying to work out what system they would play if they had him in the side.

"He is a phenomenal player. Watching him in the Champions League, he is scary going forward. Liverpool would want him - any top six of English clubs would want him.

"But it's what you do once you've got him. These short-term fixes have long-term consequences because you end up pushing someone further down the line. It's whether it fits into the Liverpool plan.

"One thing Liverpool have been very good at over the years is their recruitment, since Klopp took over, so if they weren't thinking about him before they wouldn't be one of their targets."

Alaba has started five of Bayern's Bundesliga games in the 2020-21 campaign and scored his first goal of the season in the weekend victory over Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker.

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