Jurgen Klopp told it would be "easy to talk Kalidou Koulibaly into joining Liverpool"

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Jurgen Klopp would have no difficulty selling the prospect of joining Liverpool to Kalidou Koulibaly, according to Reds legend John Barnes.

Liverpool have long been linked with Napoli star Koulibaly, who was crowned the Serie A's best defender in the 2018/19 campaign.

But Napoli's asking price of €60million (£54million) for the Senegal star is believed to have priced the Reds out of a swoop last summer.

While it remains to be seen if the Italian club will lower their price tag ahead of the January transfer window, Barnes insists Koulibaly would be keen to line up next to Virgil van Dijk at Anfield. “If Koulibaly comes, he’s a player that could play alongside Van Dijk when he returns so it would be easy to talk Koulibaly into joining