Liverpool agree £25m Ben Doak transfer – Liverpool FC

Ben Doak is about to finish a transfer to Bournemouth early subsequent week, after Liverpool agreed a deal for the Scotland winger value £25 million.

Doak was unnoticed of Liverpool’s matchday squad for the Premier League opener on Friday evening as talks progressed between the champions and their opponents.

This Is Anfield understands a deal value within the area of £25 million has now been agreed and Doak will endure a medical with the Cherries.

Upon finishing his medical {the teenager} will signal a long-term contract with Bournemouth as their alternative for Dango Ouattara, who joined Brentford for £42.5 million on Saturday evening.

Bournemouth moved forward of various different sides of their pursuit of the 19-year-old after indicating they had been keen to supply near his asking worth.

It continues a busy summer season of enterprise for Liverpool with Doak the eighth participant offered, bringing the entire raised to £216 million.

His would be the Fifteenth-most costly sale within the membership’s historical past and signify a significant revenue on the £600,000 paid to signal him from Celtic in 2022.

Crucially will probably be classed as pure revenue on Liverpool’s accounts, additional bettering their scenario in relation to the Premier League‘s revenue and sustainability guidelines.

That was additionally the case with the gross sales of Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen (£35m), Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford (£18m), Trent Alexander-Arnold to Actual Madrid (£8.4m) and Nat Phillips to West Brom (£3m).

Whereas Doak has lengthy been regarded one of the crucial proficient gamers in Liverpool’s academy ranks, his pathway to the primary workforce has been blocked by the longevity of Mohamed Salah.

A scarcity of alternatives prompted him to hitch Middlesbrough on a season-long mortgage final summer season, and regardless of thigh surgical procedure ending his marketing campaign early he shone with three targets and 7 assists in 24 appearances.

Arne Slot used Doak recurrently all through pre-season, with solely Salah, Cody Gakpo and Rio Ngumoha clocking extra minutes amongst Liverpool’s forwards.

However each Liverpool and their No. 50 had been all the time open to presents because the panorama round his future was clear, with extra probability of building himself as a first-choice starter elsewhere.

Becoming a member of Bournemouth will give Doak the chance to showcase his abilities as an everyday within the Premier League, whereas permitting the champions to speculate additional within the last weeks of the switch window.