I like both the Ox and Promes (full disclosure: I've only seen highlights of the latter), both are talented players entering their best years and will give us exactly what we need – cover and competition for Mane. However, I might be wrong, but I don't think either of them has the hallmarks of a truly
great player. So if we want to not just solve a short-term problem, but also take a stab at signing a player who can potentially become world class, I would still look in the direction of
Julian Brandt. Well, I'd like Pulisic too, but he has no reason whatsoever to leave a quite ideal development situation at Dortmund.
It would be pretty unlikely for Brandt to leave Bayer in January, especially since he is very much a starting 11 player for the team. The only reason I can think he would leave mid-season is that working with Klopp is such a huge attraction for any young German player that Klopp can convince him that it's "now or never." I really think Brandt has maybe a 50% chance to become a real star player, of the level comparable to Thomas Muller or Reus – we should be all over this kind of potential.
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There are very few decent highlights of him on Youtube, because Bundesliga is more aggressive than EPL in going after even smallest copyright infringement, but I found a good one that shows his work both on the left and right flanks in one game:
A good background scouting report from a few months back:
http://liverpooloffside.sbnation.co...lian-brandt-leverkusen-wide-forward-big-timer
