Liverpool have moved closer to completing another summer signing with Sevilla forward Luis Alberto scheduled to arrive on Merseyside on Friday for a medical ahead of a £6.8m move.
The 20-year-old has been on loan at Barcelona B but they have decided against taking up their option on the Spain U21 international, allowing Liverpool to step in.
The Reds have also made significant progress in the last 48 hours with their move to sign Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.
Sunderland are holding out for £10m for the Belgium keeper after Liverpool offered £8m - but a deal is on the brink of being struck after further talks between the two clubs and the move is expected to be completed early next week.
Liverpool have already signed Kolo Toure from Manchester City on a free transfer and have a £6.7m deal agreed in principle for Celta Vigo's Iago Aspas which will go through once paperwork has been completed.
Boss Brendan Rodgers is also progressing with a move to sign Shakhtar Donetsk's Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan but there may not be a swift resolution to this transfer with Liverpool facing competition from a number of European clubs.
The 24-year-old has a release clause in his contract, believed to be around £20m, and Liverpool are willing to meet it in an attempt to sign one of European football's most coveted emerging players.
Source: BBC Sport
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