LIVERPOOL will complete the signing of highly-rated Roma winger Mohamed Salah for £39million tomorrow.
Salah arrived on Merseyside on Tuesday night, and spent today being shown around Anfield and the club’s Melwood training ground.
He will have a medical on Thursday morning, and Liverpool will pay Roma an initial £33.5m, with a further £5.5m earmarked for add-ons.
Salah will sign a five year contract, earning around £90,000 a week. He was a huge hit with Roma following an unsuccessful stint with Chelsea – he scored 19 goals last season and had 12 assists.
With Salah providing the ammunition out wide, Jurgen Klopp will turn his attention to a central midfielder, with Red Bull Leipzig’s Naby Keita as his top target.
Liverpool look alarmingly bare in that position, with the out of contract Lucas Leiva on his way out and injury doubts lingering over Jordan Henderson, who has not played since February.
An official approach for central defender Virgil van Dijk is also on the cards, even though Liverpool claimed they were no longer interested in the Southampton star after they accused the club of tapping him up.
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The Anfield outfit will go about things the right way this time, and will hope to land van Dijk for around £10m less than the £50m price tag the Saints have slapped on him.
Klopp also wants a left back, and is considering a move for either Andy Robertson of Hull or Celtic teenager Kieran Tierney.
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