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Liverpool x Kerkez deal close

And he might have repeated the trick with Milos Kerkez. It’s no secret that the Merseyside club are about to acquire the Bournemouth left-back.

The 21-year-old is on track to move to Anfield next week - with a fee now agreed between Liverpool and the Cherries.

Hughes of course signed the Hungarian once before - during his days as Bournemouth technical director. And he appears to have talked his former club into doing a deal on a lower-than-expected fee for Kerkez.

Liverpool will pay only £40m for Kerkez

All summer long we’ve heard how the defender would cost £45m. But according to the latest report from transfer insider Ben Jacobs, Liverpool will be signing Kerkez for cheaper than that.

“Liverpool set to finalise a deal for Milos Kerkez next week,” Jacobs wrote on X. “Understand the fee is £40m. Formalisation to follow with only small details outstanding.”

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