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Liverpool on brink of completing next signing: Club desperate to avoid complications
LIVERPOOL are on the verge of completing the capture of Piotr Zielinski, according to reports.
Zielinski looks set to be on the edge of closing his move to Liverpool
Zielinski turned professional at Udinese in 2012 having moved to Italy from his native Poland as a 17-year-old.
But despite having made his debut for the Serie A club, he was loaned out to Empoli in 2014.
In his first campaign with his new club, he made 28 appearances in the league but 21 of those came as a substitute.
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However, this season Zielinski has established himself as a regular and only missed three league games, with five goals and four assists to his name.
Express Sport understands Liverpool have been tracking Zielinski since January as Jurgen Klopp plans to overhaul the squad this summer.
The Reds had even considered a January move for the 22-year-old but the German boss is understood to have wanted another six months to evaluate him.
And they looked to have sealed a deal for the youngster when he was pictured in a Liverpool shirt earlier this month.
But nothing was signed and the line appeared to have gone cold.
However, Italian outlet Tuttomercatoweb now claim Klopp is on the very brink of completing the transfer but unnamed 'complications' are holding things up.
Roma, Napoli and Borussia Dortmund have all been linked with a move for the No 10 and the Reds will be desperate not to get gazumped.
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