Liverpool are set to sign Diogo Jota from Wolves for a fee that could reach £45million.
The 23-year-old will join for an initial sum of £41m after signing a five-year deal with the club on Friday.
Jurgen Klopp has been a long-term admirer of Jota and the Reds made the versatile frontman their number one priority after concluding a deal for Thiago Alcantara this week.
Club officials moved quickly to secure a big-money switch that sees Jota become the fourth most expensive player in Liverpool history behind Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker and Naby Keita.
Liverpool have tracked Jota for the past two seasons in the Premier League, with his pace, work-rate and ability to play in a number of positions seen as attractive traits to Klopp in his attempts to secure some top-quality competition for the likes of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah.
Jota has scored 16 goals across the last two full seasons in the top flight at Wolves.
But it is his work-rate on and off the ball that has particularly impressed Klopp, it is understood.
The Liverpool manager places a huge emphasis on an ability to press from the front and Jota's willingness to do so under Nuno Espirito Santo at Molineux has caught the eye of Klopp and his backroom staff.
Another huge Anfield admirer is assistant boss Pep Lijnders who pushed to have Jota moved to the top of a three-man shortlist that also included Watford's Ismaila Sarr.
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Former Porto coach Lijnders is understood to have received glowing character references from his contacts back in Portugal and the Reds have built a relationship with Jota's Gestifute agency over the past couple of years, dating back to Fabinho's arrival in May 2018.
Contact was made with Watford over Sarr this week.
But it is Jota who was made a priority after it became clear Wolves were open to selling the former Atletico Madrid man.
It is understood the relegated Hornets were demanding in excess of £40m for Sarr and were unwilling to budge.
In contrast, Liverpool found Wolves to be much more accommodating at the negotiating table.
And the ECHO understands the Midlanders have accepted just shy of 10 per cent of the guaranteed figure across the next 12 months.
At a time when Liverpool are still counting the significant cost of a three-month suspension of football earlier this year and a lack of fans attending at Anfield, it was vital such flexibility could be found during the transfer talks.
Jota joins Thiago and Kostas Tsimikas through the door at Anfield this window to take Liverpool's overall spending to over £80m.
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