Liverpool agree deal to signal Preston defender Ben Davies, claims report
Liverpool have agreed a deal to signal centre-back Ben Davies from Championship facet Preston North End, Sky Sports reported, with the Premier League champions operating out of choices in defence amid an harm disaster.
The report added that Liverpool would pay Preston round two million kilos for the 25-year-old, whose contract on the second-tier facet ends in June. The deal is about to be accomplished on switch deadline day on Monday.
Ben Davies to Liverpool from Preston, settlement reached and ‘here we go’ within the coming hours!
The deal will probably be accomplished in the present day for €4m – medicals pending. More: #LFC haven’t contacted Juventus for Merih Demiral as of in the present day. 🔴 #DeadlineDay
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 1, 2021
Young Liverpool centre-back Sepp Van Den Berg will head the opposite manner on mortgage till the top of the season.
Liverpool are with out senior centre-backs Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez as a consequence of long-term accidents and have been dealt one other setback after Joel Matip was compelled off with an ankle ligament harm of their 3-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur final week.
Manager Jurgen Klopp has needed to play midfielders Fabinho and Jordan Henderson in defence this season whereas additionally counting on younger gamers.
Liverpool fielded Henderson and 23-year-old Nathaniel Phillips as their centre-back pairing in Sunday’s 3-1 win over West Ham United that lifted them to 3rd. They host Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday.