Dejan Lovren's future with Southampton could be decided this week.
The Daily Echo says Liverpool are known admirers of the centre half, who last summer became Saints' most expensive defender when he joined from Lyon for £8.5m, while there is also said to be significant interest from abroad, as well from Tottenham.
Saints have delayed any talks over the future of Lovren or any of their other want away stars until after the World Cup.
They will require that all of them sit down with new boss Ronald Koeman before their futures are decided.
That could happen sooner than Lovren would have hoped after Croatia were dumped out of the World Cup.
