Liverpool are interested in a move for assiduous Atalanta midfielder Teun Koopmeiners, who could provide the energy and spark that the Reds have been lacking this season...

What's the latest on Liverpool's pursuit of Teun Koopmeiners?

Reds manager Jurgen Klopp has previously expressed an interest in Koopmeiners this season, who has been linked with a move to the Premier League after thriving for both club and country.

And now, according to CalcioMercato, the Merseyside outfit are on 'pole' in the race to sign the Dutch machine, who has been a dynamic and reliable presence at the heart of the Bergamo-based outfit.

Contracted to the Serie A outfit until 2025, his club might look to cash in on the player while he still has time on his deal, making the most of his value and collecting the €‎50m (£44m) that is attached to his name at present, as per the aforementioned report.

Can you imagine Koopmeiners & Jude Bellingham at Liverpool?

Signing for his club for €12m (£10.5m) from homeland club AZ Alkmaar in 2021, the 25-year-old has swiftly asserted himself as one of the best midfielders in Italy, making 68 appearances, scoring ten goals and registering seven assists.

Such stellar numbers for a central midfielder will undoubtedly be a large part of the appeal to Klopp and co, who could look to expand their growing Dutch contingent within the ranks by completing a deal for the 15-cap phenom.

As per FBref, Koopmeiners ranks among the top 12% of midfielders for total shots, 9% for shot-creating actions and 25% for progressive passes per 90, illustrating the transitional and forward-thinking emphasis he heaps on his trade.

The "elite" midfielder - as dubbed by talent scout Jacek Kulig - is averaging 1.8 shots and 1.6 key passes per league match this term, as per Sofascore, recording an average match rating of 7.12.

His craft is working to resounding success with Atalanta, and with Kulig also lauding the £33k-per-week star as an "orchestrator", he could pump the vibrant life into Klopp's midfield that it so dearly craves.

With his acquisition, he could even form an 'elite' partnership with Jude Bellingham; the Borussia Dortmund prodigy has taken Europe by storm with his meteoric rise in Germany, and is now touted with a move to the Premier League, with the Yellow Wall asking for as much as €150m (£132m) for their most coveted asset.

The 19-year-old Bundesliga maestro, who has been heralded as a "generational talent" by journalist Raphael Honigstein, has scored ten goals and registered six assists from 30 appearances this season, even captaining his outfit against Chelsea in the Champions League.

With the former Birmingham City youth ranking among the top 8% of midfielders for goals and 12% for assists per 90, also in the top 12% for interceptions and 2% for blocks per 90, there is a discernibly impressive level of output that the respective players could bring to Klopp's table.

With Bellingham operating as a pivot, sweeping up danger and recycling possession, and his Dutch counterpart operating in the parallel position and utilising his own dynamic capabilities with an anchor such as Fabinho situated behind, Liverpool could finally get whirring at a level that could replicate the past silver-laden feats under their German manager's tutelage.

The burning, unrelenting verve that was once so intrinsically embedded in Klopp's system would not just return, but could surpass anything Anfield has seen before.