Liverpool have signed Hoffenheim forward
Roberto Firmino subject to a medical, the Premier
League club have announced.
The 23-year-old Brazil international has agreed
what Liverpool describe as "a long-term contract"
and will undergo a medical once he completes his
commitments at the Copa America.
Firmino has scored 47 goals in 151 appearances
during his four and a half years in Germany and
has scored four times in nine international caps,
including Sunday's Copa America winner against
Venezuela.
Firmino is Liverpool's fifth signing in a busy start
to the transfer window, with more expected to
follow as strikers Carlos Bacca and Salomon
Rondon are understood to be targets.
Manager Brendan Rodgers is keen to bring in
another forward despite the arrival of England
Under-21 international Danny Ings from Burnley,
and the £32.5million release clause of Aston
Villa's Christian Benteke is considered too high.
Therefore he has turned his attention to Bacca,
the 28-year-old Colombian who scored 28 goals
for Sevilla in Spain's Primera Division last season,
and Rondon, a Venezuela international who has
20 goals in 39 matches for Zenit St Petersburg.
The pair are in Copa America action along with
Firmino and the club feel they represent better
value for money than Benteke, with reported fees
of £20million and £15million respectively.
Liverpool have already recruited Ings, Manchester
City midfielder James Milner, Charlton defender
Joe Gomez and Bolton goalkeeper Adam Bogdan
as well as giving a new long-term contract to
Wales Under-21 goalkeeper Danny Ward.
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