Arne Slot was tight-lipped over a possible Liverpool move for Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - and claimed that '99 out of 100' transfer stories are not true.

The Georgia international's future has been speculated this month, with the Reds touted as a potential suitor for the winger. to secure Kvaratskhelia's signature despite interest from the .

The 23-year-old has seen the possibility of a surprise exit arise, with so far failing to reach a positive conclusion. The Serie A giants are expected to demand a fee upwards of £70million and are yet to meet that figure and have instead attempted to offer players in part-exchange for Kvaratskhelia.

There is said to be long-standing admiration for the player at Anfield. appear well-stocked in his position, however, with Luis Diaz, , Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota all options for Slot on the left flank.

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When the possibility of a move for Kvaratskhelia was put towards Slot, in addition to a number of rumours, the Dutchman was quick to remove himself from the discussion.

"When you said yourself 'linked with', I was thinking: 'Which club is he going to say now?' But you mean as a club we are linked with Kvaratskhelia," Slot said.

"What I make of that is that this is January and I think I said it after the United game [to journalists], please don't disappoint me, please come up with all these players and all these clubs that are in the interest of us.

"Or the ones that don't play a lot for us are going to go somewhere else. That [speculation] is what is happening now. And nine out of 10 times or 99 out of 100 times, at the end of the window it's been clear that almost all of these stories weren't true. So what can I comment about it? The rumours keep going for it but no comment from my side."

A possible exit for Harvey Elliott was also put towards Slot. Injury has seen the 21-year-old feature just nine times this term and the Liverpool boss admitted that it is no easy feat to break into his team.

"Recent weeks he's been in a lot but like it is for all the others, they are in competition with the others," said Slot. "He was unlucky he got injured and was out for a long time.

"What I have seen for all players injured, in this league, with the quality, it is not so easy to come back and be at your best immediately I see it with Harvey and all the other players who have been out six or seven weeks. We need to find the balance between playing time to get them back to their best but also be able to win."

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