Liverpool Agree Deal For Celta Vigo Striker Iago Aspas

Liverpool have agreed a deal in
principle to sign Celta Vigo striker
Iago Aspas for a fee believed to be
around £7.7 million.
The move has been in the pipeline
for some time and will be confirmed
when the necessary paperwork is
completed.
Aspas scored 12 goals in 34 games
this season for the La Liga strugglers,
whose place in the Spanish top flight
was only confirmed on the final day
of the campaign.
The 25-year-old was directly involved
in 51 per cent of his team's goals this
season having broken into the senior
side in 2009 after coming through
their youth set-up.
Aspas can play through the middle
or on the wing and would become
Liverpool manager Brendan
Rodgers' second signing of the
summer transfer window if the deal
goes through.
Centre-back Kolo Toure agreed a
move to Anfield from Manchester
City in late May and it will be
completed at the beginning of July.
Rodgers' summer strengthening is
beginning to gather pace as
Liverpool are also hopeful a deal can
be done for Sevilla youngster Luis
Alberto.
The 20-year-old has been on loan at
Barcelona B but yesterday was the
deadline for the Catalan club to offer
the midfielder a permanent contract.
Having tracked the youngster's
progress and made it clear to his
parent club they are interested in a
deal Liverpool are optimistic they can
add the promising talent to their
ranks.
Rodgers is keen to get as much of his
business done as quickly as possible
and they have reportedly made a
move to bring in Sporting Lisbon's
20-year-old defender Tiago Ilori
while attempts are being made to
secure the services of Schalke centre-
back Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
Liverpool have also been linked with
Sunderland goalkeeper Simon
Mignolet.
The club hope to offset some of their
outlay by selling striker Andy Carroll
to West Ham but although a
£15million-plus deal has been in
place for some time, the player is
stalling on agreeing to the move.