Liverpool close in on Fulham defender Paul Konchesky
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson says he expects to sign Fulham left-back Paul Konchesky "in the next couple of days".Reports suggest Konchesky, 29, would move to Anfield with Liverpool's reserve striker Lauri Dalla Valle going to Craven Cottage as part of the deal.
"There are one or two minor details that need to be sorted," said Hodgson after Sunday's 1-0 win over West Brom.
Hodgson added that he hoped to make another acquisition before the transfer window closed at 1800 BST on Tuesday.
But the 63-year-old Reds boss moved to cool speculation that it would be PSV Eindhoven forward Ola Toivenen he would be signing.
"If we can I'd like to bring in one more player and that would be excellent," added Hodgson.
"We are short [in the striking department] so we don't need to disguise the fact that it would be nice to get a striker but they are very hard to come by.
"If the right man comes along I know that the club are prepared to act but I don't want to act on the wrong man and just add another body to the club.
"It would have to be someone who could really play alongside Fernando [Torres] and, in my opinion, improve us as a team.
"I like Ola Toivonen but he's not the right type of player that we are looking for at the moment."
Konchesky, who watched from the stands as Liverpool registered their first league win of the season, moved to Fulham in July 2007 from West Ham on a four-year deal.
He has two England caps and made his international debut in 2003.
The Barking-born player was a West Ham academy trainee before leaving to join Charlton, and went on to make 169 appearances for the Addicks.
In 2005, West Ham bought Konchesky back in a deal worth £1.5m and he made 62 appearances for the east London side.
On Friday, Hodgson's former club Fulham completed the signing of Mexico international left-back Carlos Salcido from PSV.
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