LIVERPOOL AGREE £12MILLION NATHANIEL CLYNE DEAL WITH SOUTHHAMPTON

Southampton's Nathaniel Clyne Credit: Action Images / Henry Browne

Southampton have accepted Liverpool ’s improved offer of £12.5million for right-back Nathaniel Clyne.

The England international has been granted permission to discuss personal terms with the Reds and undergo a medical when he returns from his holiday in America.

Clyne is expected to put pen to paper on a five-year contract and will become Liverpool’s sixth signing of the summer following the completion of deals for James Milner, Danny Ings, Adam Bogdan, Joe Gomez and Roberto Firmino.

Boss Brendan Rodgers had pinpointed the 24-year-old defender as the ideal replacement for Glen Johnson, who has left the club as a free agent.

Liverpool’s initial offer of £10million was rejected last month but they returned with a higher bid and Saints have agreed to do business.

Clyne was down to the final year of his existing contract and had made it clear he wouldn’t sign an extension.

His heart has been set on a move to Liverpool and Southampton had already prepared for his exit by signing full-back Cedric Soares from Sporting Lisbon.
-LIVERPOOL ECHO