Liverpool £35m Transfer ‘Agreed’ (South America)

Liverpool are reportedly near signing Membership Brugge centre-back Joel Ordonez, with sources in South America claiming a deal value £35 million is shut.

Ordonez is a 21-year-old right-sided centre-back at present plying his commerce in Belgium with Membership Brugge, for whom he has already made 105 appearances.

However in line with stories in his native Ecuador, together with Bolavip, Liverpool are near a deal at the beginning of the January switch window.

It’s claimed that an settlement value round €40 million (£34.9m) is near being agreed, whereas private phrases have already been finalised with the younger defender in line with Tera Deportes.

This may reportedly triple his present wage to round £60,000 per week, which might place Ordonez within the decrease tier of earners at Liverpool, in keeping with the membership’s wage construction.

Whereas stories of Liverpool’s push to signal the centre-back are but to be verified by sources throughout the membership, their curiosity is already recognized.

If Ordonez did make the transfer to Merseyside it will resemble a much-needed addition to Arne Slot‘s again line following a season-ending harm to Giovanni Leoni.

Joe Gomez can be sidelined at current which suggests 19-year-old Wellity Fortunate has been promoted to the first-team squad as backup to first-choice starters Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.

Uncertainty over Konate’s future has magnified the necessity for a brand new centre-back signing, whereas there isn’t any assure Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi will full his transfer to Anfield regardless of being near signing on the finish of the summer time.

Might deal for Joel Ordonez have an effect on Marc Guehi pursuit?

In actual fact, any deal for Ordonez might recommend the top of Liverpool’s curiosity in Guehi, although it might actually be argued that the Premier League champions require two new signings at centre-back.

Guehi is a extra pure left-sided centre-back and subsequently it stays doable {that a} free switch is accomplished when his contract at Selhurst Park expires on July 1.

Ordonez started his profession with Deportivo Azogues earlier than establishing himself within the academy at Independiente del Valle, breaking into their first group earlier than securing a transfer to Membership Brugge in 2023.

He debuted for the Ecuador nationwide group in March 2024 and now has 14 caps, predominantly taking part in as a centre-back but in addition at right-back occasionally.