Klopp feels Lemar's £90m asking price is “excessive”
And according to the Liverpool ECHO, Liverpool say those reports are incorrect.
It is also claimed Klopp feels the £90m asking price is “excessive”.
Klopp has shown no hesitation in spending big on Naby Keita and Virgil van Dijk but a deal for Lemar would smash their transfer record.
And the Liverpool boss refused to rule out more transfer business at Anfield this January.
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Thomas Lemar has a £90m price tag
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"If something jumps in my face, maybe we would think about it but we don't actively try to find new players that we don't know," said Klopp.
"I've said it before, we have to use the players that we have. That makes sense.
“We have really high-quality players, especially Adam Lallana.
"He is not the replacement for Philippe Coutinho, he is a completely different player but a fantastic player. He is back, that is good. Are we active? No."