Liverpool failed in late moves for centre-back duo Marcelo and Duje Caleta-Car, according to reports.
The Reds were forced to enter the January transfer market after Joel Matip joined Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez in suffering a season-ending injury last week.
Jurgen Klopp’s side pursued multiple options and completed deals for Ben Davies and Ozan Kabak before Monday’s 11pm deadline.
Davies arrives at Anfield in a deal worth up to £1.6m, while Liverpool have signed Kabak on loan with an option to buy the Turkey international from Schalke for £18m in the summer.
According to The Sun, Liverpool’s pursuit of Lyon defender Marcelo was ended due to the French side’s own injury crisis.
Klopp thought the 33-year-old would bring some much-needed experience to his backline, but Jason Denayer’s injury at the weekend scuppered the deal.
Meanwhile, RMC Sport reports that Marseille rejected a £20m bid for Caleta-Car.
“What I like about Ben is it just shows that each situation creates opportunities,” he said. “I think it’s probably clear that in a normal transfer window, without any issues, we would not look at Preston if there’s a player for us or something like that. It’s not really likely.
“But since we saw him and since our situation got clearer and clearer – the problems we had – when we saw him we got really excited about it and thought: ‘Wow.’
“He’s a boy who played his whole life for Preston, is around the corner pretty much. We see the potential really. I love a lot about his play. He’s a really good footballer, looks like a proper leader in this Preston team.”
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