Liverpool £20m Kab

before Covid-19 ravaged the game’s finances.

They are still looking to bank £30m, but Liverpool are preparing a deal that would see them pay an initial £20m with further payments loaded into the deal.

Holland star Van Dijk (right) is not expected to play again this his season after suffering serious knee damage from a challenge by Everton’s Jordan Pickford in last weekend’s Mersey derby.

Turkish international Kabak has been at league strugglers Schalke for just over a year, after arriving from Stuttgart for £13m when they triggered a clause in his contract.