LIVERPOOL are set to sign Atletico Madrid star Marcos Llorente on a cut-price deal, according to reports.
The Spanish side are open to selling the 27-year-old with Liverpool keen to improve their midfield options.
Marcos Llorente could be allowed to leave Atletico Madrid
Llorente could be available for just £35million with Atletico happy to let him go, claim outlet Mundo Deportivo.
Offers for the versatile player would be listened to but the Madrid based team are not desperate to sell him as he has a contract that runs until 2027.
Jurgen Klopp is hoping to rejuvenate his midfield options over the next couple of transfer windows amid doubts over the futures of Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The likes of Thiago Alcantara and Jordan Henderson have also suffered with fitness issues.
Llorente has played 12 times for Atleti this season scoring once but his form hasn’t been as good as a few campaigns ago where he netted twice against Liverpool in 2020 to knock them out the Champions League.
But the Reds supposedly remain keen and after Diego Simeone’s men crashed out of Europe this year in the group stage the club may look to cash-in.
Llorente is one of a number of players Atletico could offload with rumours suggesting Thomas Lemar, Yannick Carrasco, Rodrigo De Paul and Joao Felix could all depart.
The World Cup could prove a chance for them to impress any potential suitors with Llorente being named in the Spain squad.
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He may not be the only midfielder Liverpool look to recruit as rumours continue to circulate about Borussia Dortmund ace Jude Bellingham.
Manchester City and Manchester United remain keen on the teenager and it could take a bid of £130million to buy him.
