Reds Kop deal for Aberdeen starlet Calvin
LIVERPOOL have agreed a £ 6.5million deal for Aberdeen full- back Calvin Ramsay.
The 18- year- old, who broke into the Dons’ first team last season and made 33 appearances, will cost £ 4m up front with the remainder due in appearance- related add- ons.
That £ 4m fee beats the previous best the Scottish Premiership side received for Scott McKenna when he moved to Nottingham Forest for a reported £ 3m in September 2020.
Ramsay’s performances last season earned him the Scottish Football Writers’ Young Player of the Year award.
Following the signings of Darwin Nunez, for a potential club- record transfer fee of £ 85m, and Fulham 19- year- old Fabio Carvalho, Ramsay is expected to be the last player recruited this summer.
He is likely to travel to Merseyside for a medical over the weekend.
It is understood manager Jurgen Klopp is a fan of England and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham but with the German club having already sold one major player in Erling Haaland to Manchester City they will not sanction another departure.
However, with midfielders Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain and Naby Keita entering the final 12 months of their current contracts, there may be a requirement to
strengthen next summer.
It looks like Sadio Mane is a step closer to the exit with news in Germany that Bayern Munich will up their offer.
The Reds have told them it will take at least £ 40m to get the Senegal striker.
The 30- year- old has made it clear he wants the move and could go for a free next summer.
Liverpool have already brought in Darwin Nunez as his replacement.
Bayern annoyed Liverpool with their opening bid of just £ 20m before upping that to £ 30m but with crazy add- ons.
The Reds paid Southampton £ 34m for Mane in 2016 and want to make a profit on the deal considering how far Mane has come since then.
It looks as though the deal will be done in the next few days with Bayern wanting to sort a replacement for Robert Lewandowski.