Liverpool have agreed a deal in principal to sign Celta Vigo
forward Iago Aspas.
The transfer, believed to be costing the Reds about
£7.7million, will be finalised once the necessary documentation has been
completed.
The 25-year-old becomes manager Brendan Rodgers' second
signing of the summer, having already brought in Manchester City centre-back
Kolo Toure on a free transfer.
Liverpool have been tracking Aspas for some time and the
move has been in the pipeline for the last few weeks.
Celta Vigo's successful fight against relegation from the
Primera Division on the final day of the season earlier this month held up
progress.
Once their future was secured the Reds were able to advance
the deal, although it took slightly longer than expected because of
complications at the Spanish end.
Aspas, who scored 12 goals in 34 league appearances last
season, was on Merseyside earlier this week for a medical and once that was
completed it was just a question of ironing out some red tape issues with
Celta.
Liverpool are also hopeful a deal can be done for Sevilla
youngster Luis Alberto.
The 20-year-old has been on loan at Barcelona B but today
was the deadline for the Catalan club to offer the midfielder a permanent
contract.
Having tracked the youngster's progress and made it clear to
his parent club they are interested in a deal Liverpool are optimistic they can
add the promising talent to their ranks.
Rodgers is keen to get as much of his business done as
quickly as possible and they have made a move to bring in Sporting Lisbon's
20-year-old defender Tiago Ilori while attempts are being made to secure the
services of Schalke centre-back Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
Liverpool have also been linked with Sunderland goalkeeper
Simon Mignolet and Shakhtar Donetsk's Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
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