Liverpool ‘done deal’
11:40: Liverpool have finalised a deal for Lyon forward Nabil Fekir, it has been claimed.
According to VAVEL journalist Mootaz Chehade, Fekir is in the bag following successful talks.
“Nabil Fekir to Liverpool is a done deal,” Chehade wrote on Twitter.
“Announcement expected in the upcoming days.”
The Lyon ace is attracting plenty of interest off the back of an impressive season, scoring 23 goals in 40 appearances.
Awoniyi Update
One of Neil Jones’ final acts as an Echo reporter was to pen
THIS fantastic piece on Taiwo Awoniyi after travelling to Belgium to watch the Mouscron youngster in action.
Neil and Taiwo - who scored ten goals for the Belgian outfit last season - caught up after the game and had a brilliant chat.
Now, however, Neil’s
Goal colleague Tolu Olasoji believes the Reds have a “master-plan” to get Awoniyi into top-level English football.
The Nigerian U23 international has two years left on his current Liverpool deal but will sign new, improved terms before heading out on another loan spell next season.
Anderlecht seems to be a reasonable possibility, with the club - who lost Henry Onyekuru as he
returns to Everton this season - able to further Awoniyi’s prospects of a UK work permit.
Olasoji also reveals that despite not having a short-term plan to use the player at Anfield, the Reds have secured a US visa for the player - enabling him to join the team’s pre-season
trip around the States.
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