Liverpool have moved to trump Real Madrid for Bayern Munich midfielder Hamit Altintop.
The Turkey international is coming off contract and Bayern chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has revealed Real have made contact.
But it is understood that Liverpool have made an approach to try and convince Altintop he would be better served continuing his career with a move to England, says skysports.com.
Altintop has long been linked with the Premier League and, at 28, is far from past his best although he was only able to start eight league games this season.
