Liverpool
have activated Lazar Markovic's £20million release clause as they move
closer to completing a deal for the Benfica winger.
Manager
Brendan Rodgers is keen to spend the £63m he will recuperate from the
sale of Luis Suarez to Barcelona and he is nearing adding Markovic to
his squad.
The
Anfield club have been in discussions with Benfica for weeks over a
deal for the 20-year-old and there are a few details left to iron out
before he can be unveiled as a Liverpool player.
Chelsea
have also shown an interest in the Serbian winger in recent months but
Liverpool are confident they will sign Markovic within the coming days.
Markovic has played 12 times for Serbia, scoring twice, and he netted seven goals in 49 appearances for Benfica last season.
Rickie
Lambert, Adam Lallana and Emre Can have already been added to the
playing roster at Anfield - for a combined total of nearly £40m - as Rodgers looks to build a side who can challenge for the Premier League title against next season.
Markovic
will be the fourth attacking addition at Liverpool but Rodgers is keen
to bolster his defence and is still pursuing a deal for Southampton's
Croatian centre back Dejan Lovren.
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