Brendan Rodgers could be about to hijack Swansea City's move for Icelandic ace Gylfi Sigurdsson.
The Northern Irishman was pushing ahead with a £6.8m deal for the 22-year-old before leaving to take charge of Liverpool.
Sigurdsson has impressed for the Swans since moving to the Liberty Stadium on a short-term loan from Hoffenheim in January.
Rodgers said that he would have no qualms about stealing Sigurdsson from under the noses of his previous employers, stating: "If he comes onto the market, I have to be interested.
"His initial chat has to be with Swansea, because he had a good period there. I said when I had the chat with the chairman [Huw Jenkins] the other day, when I told him I was going to go to Liverpool, that Gylfi came to Swansea because I was there as manager.
"I said to Huw if I speak to the kid I'll tell him to make sure he certainly comes down and speaks to the new [Swansea] manager, whoever that is, and that if he's still not comfortable with that, he's in the marketplace then — and then I have to look at him."
A clause in Rodgers's release from the Welsh club states that he cannot buy any Swansea players for 12 months.
