Liverpool have reached an agreement with Brighton to sign Alexis Mac Allister this summer, that’s according to TuttoMercatoWeb (via the Express).
The deal will see the Reds pay an initial £53.2m to the south coast outfit with upto £4.4m in performance-based add-ons.
This report comes after Fabrizio Romano revealed that Jurgen Klopp had held a ‘direct meeting’ with the World Cup winner recently and that the dynamic midfielder is ‘100% leaving’ the Amex Stadium this summer.
The Anfield outfit were initially linked with a move for Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham but with Klopp’s squad in need of a major revamp ahead of next season the German tactician no longer believes it makes sense to spend over £100m on a single player.
Attention has now turned to bringing the Argentina international to L4 with him impressing for both club and country this season.
At just under £60m you’d argue that it’d be somewhat of a bargain for a player with plenty of Premier League and international experience at just 24 years of age.
It’s now down to Klopp and Co. to convince the former Boca Juniors man that a move to Anfield is the right one for him this summer – even if Liverpool may not be able to offer Champions League football next term.