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Liverpool ‘agree £45m deal with Wolves’ for Jota as Hoever heads other way

LIVERPOOL have agreed a £45million deal with Wolves attacker Diogo Jota, according to reports.

Meanwhile, Reds’ Dutch defender Ki-Jana Delano Hoever is set to go the other way as a makeweight in the deal.

Jota has completed his £45m switch from Wolves to champions Liverpool, according to reports

Jurgen Klopp made Jota his priority after landing Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara from Champions League winners Bayern Munich.

Portuguese attacker Jota, 23, will be back-up for main men Mo Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

The Times sports reporter Paul Joyce claims Jota will move for An initial £41m with another £4m in add-ons.

Hoever is valued at £9m with £4.5m in add-ons, he claims.

Many fans have questioned why Reds chiefs have stumped up so much for Jota, who scored just seven goals in the Premier League last season, when they baulked at paying £48m for Timo Werner.

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Werner, who scored an astonishing 34 goals last season for RB Leipzig, moved to Chelsea earlier this summer.

Champions Liverpool had been criticised for a lack of action in the transfer market this summer.

Eighteen-year-old Hoever has failed to make a single Premier League appearance for the Merseysiders in his 18 months at Anfield.

He played one FA Cup tie and two League Cup games.

The Amsterdam-born defender can play at right-back or centre-half.

Jota had arrived at Molineux from Porto and helped the men in gold win promotion to the Premier League.

The ex-Atletico Madrid frontman struck 18 goals in the Championship title-winning campaign.