Deal close – Liverpool have an agreement to sign a £26m Barcelona target

If the media reports are good, then Liverpool are closing in on signing Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina.

In the Netherlands, AD have reported that the Reds are close to landing the Morocco international. Moreover, in Italy, Corriere dello Sport have revealed that the midfielder has agreed to move to Anfield.

Now, reports from Spain also suggest that the player will eventually leave Fiorentina to move to Liverpool.

According to Catalan source Nacional, Barcelona are looking for the Atlas Lions star to replace Sergio Busquets but he is set to join the Merseysiders.

It is reported that Liverpool already have an agreement with Amrabat and are set to finalize his signing. Manchester United had been interested in signing the African midfielder for weeks, but closed the deal with the Old Trafford team.

All that remains is for Jurgen Klopp’s side to reach an agreement with Fiorentina and reports in Italy have said they are preparing a decisive offer (La Repubblica via Viola News) to sign the £26m play break.

The aforementioned fee should be considered a bargain for Amrabat, who was a top player at last year’s FIFA World Cup.

Yesterday Fiorentina beat Genoa 4-1 away to kick off the new Serie A season and the Moroccan defensive midfielder had to warm up on the bench throughout the match.

Thus, it is also an indication that it is approaching an exit from Florence. Find the latest updates on the transfer saga here.

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Liverpool have just missed out on the perfect transfer opportunity for Jurgen Klopp as the USMNT star’s $25m move has been confirmed

to ignore USMNT star Tyler Adams, who has just been officially announced as Bournemouth’s new player.

Liverpool made a relatively strange move in the transfer market earlier this week. With Jurgen Klopp desperate for defensive midfielders at Anfield after allowing Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to move to Saudi Arabia in the summer, the Reds have invested in the services of a certain Wataru Endo.

The Japanese captain is a relatively unknown quantity on English shores and the vast majority of Liverpool fans will have to Google his name for his profile details. Endo was officially announced as Klopp’s latest signing on Friday afternoon. He comes from Stuttgart for 21 million US dollars (16 million pounds / 19 million euros). Indeed, he made his Anfield debut this weekend, being introduced to the Premier League as a second-half substitute against Bournemouth. Endo is definitely the type of player Liverpool lack at the moment, with the Reds side brimming with attacking firepower.

In his very first conversation with Endo in the Liverpool dressing room, Klopp told him: “Once you’re available, we really need you. We really need you. Your heart, your legs and your football brain, we have need”. . We have a very good team. Willing to work, but very offensive.”

A selfless midfielder who is more than willing to work and gain ground, Endo will be a welcome addition, but he is already 30 years old. Given his age, many fans believe another defence-focused transfer is needed to bolster Klopp’s engine room, including Cheick Doucoure.

It remains to be seen whether Liverpool will pursue a younger role model in the coming days, but interestingly no decision was made for Tyler Adams last week. The USMNT star has now joined Bournemouth from Leeds United (according to BBC Sport), with the Cherries triggering his relatively modest $25m (£20m/€23m) release clause. The American midfielder was relegated from the Premier League last season which is why he was available at such a great price.

Adams isn’t too different from Endo in many ways. He is six years younger but just as hardworking, energetic and tireless. A true midfield runner, Adams is almost a carbon copy of Jordan Henderson and James Milner at their sporting best in the red jersey.

Adept at covering inordinate amounts of ground for his teammates, he first emerged as a potential candidate within the infamous Red Bull network, which always bodes well for a move to Liverpool. He emerged as a teenager in New York before moving to Europe in 2019, signing for RB Leipzig in Germany.

Until the age of 23, Adams had only represented teams under the Red Bull umbrella, tasked with upholding the core values ​​of the famous energy drink brand. RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg tend to display intensity, liveliness and panache on the pitch, with counter-attacking and pressing popular, much like Liverpool under Klopp.

This explains why the Reds often poach top players from the Red Bull network. Naby Keïta, Takumi Minamino, Ibrahima Konaté and Sadio Mané are just a few examples of players who played for Leipzig or Salzburg before moving on to Liverpool. More recently, Dominik Szoboszlai has followed the same path to Merseyside. Adams was available at a reduced price this summer, but instead of taking him to Anfield alongside Endo, Klopp appears to have missed the opportunity to move. With the window closing in less than two weeks, it remains uncertain whether Liverpool will pursue another transfer market addition.

If one thing is certain, it is that Klopp is taking a big risk if Endo is his latest reinforcement.