Transfer news: Liverpool make £50m breakthrough for premier league star as Personal terms agreed with Jurgen Klopp keen to secure signing after Fabinho exit

Transfer news: Liverpool make £50m breakthrough for premier league star as Personal terms agreed with Jurgen Klopp keen to secure signing after Fabinho exit

Liverpool are lining up a double swoop for Southampton’s Romeo Lavia and Crystal Palace’s Cheick Doucoure.

The Sun repoit Jurgen Klopp wants both midfielders this summer – and reckons he can get them for £80million.

That might prove tricky, considering the Saints have slapped a £50million price tag on Lavia’s head, and the Daily Mail reporting the Eagles want £70million for Doucoure.

Romeo Lavia (Getty images)

Klopp will need to spend big to replace two big stars at Anfield this summer, with Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to leave the club.

The Reds were already light in midfield anyway following the departures of James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Diaby ‘wanted Arsenal move’
Aston Villa are closing in on the signing of Moussa Diaby from Bayer Leverkusen – but it has been claimed he wanted Arsenal instead.

Villa are splashing more than £50million on the winger who scored 14 goals and provided 11 assists last term in the Bundesliga.

Germany-based journalist Christian Falk reports that he had hoped the Gunners or Newcastle United would come in for him, though.

He is now set to join Unai Emery’s side in the coming days.

Falk wrote: “Moussa Diaby was always dreaming of the Premier League and he dreamed of playing for a Champions League club.

“He hoped for Arsenal, he hoped for Newcastle but both clubs haven’t become concrete until now.

“The negotiations are very close with Aston Villa. We think he won’t play Leverkusen’s upcoming match against Paderborn on Friday so he won’t get injured.

“It’s going very quick now and they don’t think he’ll join the team when they go to the training camp on Sunday. Aston Villa will pay €55million plus €5million (£47.6million+£4.3million) in add-ons.”