Roma winger Mohamed Salah is to undergo a medical at Liverpool today after the clubs agreed a 39m euro fee.
It is understood negotiations have been finalised but, somewhat bizarrely, it is not yet known whether the transfer will break the club-record £35m the Reds paid Newcastle United for striker Andy Carroll in January 2011.
That will depend on the exchange rate at the time the deal is formally concluded: 39m euros currently equates to about £34.3m.
Liverpool had an initial offer of £28m for the 25-year-old rejected earlier this month, but they have now come to a settlement having continued negotiations with the Serie A club.
The Premier League outfit have landed Salah at the second attempt as three years ago they were outbid by Chelsea, with the winger moving to Stamford Bridge for £11m from Basle.
That move did not work out for him and, after loan spells at Fiorentina and Roma, he joined the latter for £13m last summer.
The pacy attacker scored 15 Serie A goals last season – making it 29 league goals in two years as Roma finished second, behind Juventus.
- Former Manchester United winger Angel Di Maria has been given a one-year prison sentence and fined 2m euros (£1.76m) after pleading guilty to two counts of tax fraud in Spain.
- Cristiano Ronaldo’s 74th senior international goal was enough to hand Portugal a 1-0 Confederations Cup victory over hosts Russia in Moscow.
- Bayern Munich have dismissed speculation linking Robert Lewandowski with a move to Manchester United or Chelsea.
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