Seven players Liverpool sold to a direct rival – and what happened next!

Liverpool have been known to sell players to direct rivals, although it doesn’t happen very often.

And now Jurgen Klopp could be about to sanction a deal that takes Danny Ings to Tottenham Hotspur for £15 million, according to this report.

Ings has shown flashes of his former self while at Anfield, but his injury wrecked time on Merseyside is surely due to end this summer.

At 25-years-old, the former Burnley starlet needs to get regular games under his belt and you seriously wonder if he’d be able to do that with Harry Kane at the club. But regardless, Spurs want him, and could offer good money.

And that move has prompted the brains trust at Rush The Kop to go back through the decades and find seven other deals that resulted in players being sold to direct rivals.

So click through the slides below to see who has been dug up. Don’t forget to leave a comment below with your own suggestions!