Liverpool have now agreed a deal to sign Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth following months of speculation over the left-back’s future.
Kerkez is set to become the most expensive full-back signing Liverpool have ever made, with the Reds agreeing to pay Bournemouth around £40 million for the 21-year-old.
The Athletic‘s David Ornstein reports the Hungarian has agreed a five-year contract that will keep him on Merseyside until 2030 and will undergo a medical next week.
A £40 million fee makes Kerkez the 12th-most expensive signing in Liverpool’s history.
The only defender Liverpool have ever spent more on is Virgil van Dijk, who the Reds bought from Southampton for £75 million in January 2018.
Kerkez also moves from the south coast and will play to the captain’s left, as a flying full-back to support the attack in wide areas.
He is the first left-back the Reds have signed since Kostas Tsimikas arrived for £11.75 million in 2020, coming at a time when Andy Robertson considers a departure to Atletico Madrid.
It was back in November that Liverpool were first seriously linked with a move for Kerkez, and the rumours have progressively ramped up since.
When asked about the full-back in February, Arne Slot said: “He’s having a great season as many, many, many other players here are as well.
“That shows you probably how good of a manager you have over here, what a great sporting director you had over here – and maybe still have, I don’t know how the one now is doing.
“[Richard Hughes] brought in very good players and this manager works with them in an incredible way, because he brings the best out of every single player – including the one you just mentioned, but I’m not talking about an individual.
“They are all bringing the best out of their game at the moment.”
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