Liverpool's Slot admits Zubimendi is a player he hopes to sign - Paul Vegas

Real Sociedad accepted Liverpool's offer of €60m for Zubimendi, but the player ultimately decided to stay with the Spanish club and turned down the move to Merseyside.

Slot concedes he'd have been happy to have had the Spain midfielder in his squad.

"If I could have bought Martín Zubimendi, then maybe I could have rotated a bit more and the media would be much happier about it," he said on Friday.

There's been claims this week that Zubimendi is now rethinking his decision and would like Liverpool to try again for him in January.