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Connor O'Neill

Liverpool told to make surprise signing from Chelsea this summer

Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson has urged his former side to try and sign Chelsea's Reece James this summer.

James, who is is yet to make his first-team debut for the Blues, has impressed on loan at Wigan Athletic this season, so much so, that he was named in the Championship Team of the Season, and also won three awards at Latics' end of season awards ceremony, including their Player of the Year award.

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And Lawrenson believes that the England U-20 international, who is highly-thought of at Stamford Bridge, should be on Jurgen Klopp's radar this summer.

"Recruitment is the biggest thing for any club now and I don’t think Klopp will go mad in the transfer market this summer,’  Lawrenson told Starsport .

Reece James in action for Wigan Athletic ((Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images))

"But I tell you who I’ve seen – and I don’t think they could easily get him – the right-back at Wigan, on loan from Chelsea, Reece James. ‘In that league he makes it look so ridiculously easy.

"I think he could make the step up. But of course he belongs to Chelsea at the moment."

 
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