Wijnaldum will have Liverpool medical on Friday16:17, 21 JUL 2016 UPDATED 16:17, 21 JUL 2016
BY ANDY KELLY
Reds agree fee of around £25m for Dutch international midfielder
Georginio Wijnaldum will have a medical on Merseyside on Friday after Liverpool agreed a fee with Newcastle for the Dutch international.
The 25-year-old is expected to cost the Reds in the region of £25m and will fly out to meet Jurgen Klopp and his squad on their American tour once he has pased the necessary tests.Attacking midfielder Wijnaldum scored 11 goals during his 12 months on Tyneside but relegation for the Geordies saw him anxious to move on.
He will become the sixth signing of the Jurgen Klopp era at Anfield and the second most expensive after the £30m capture of Sadio Mane from Southampton.
The player's brother had almost confirmed the news this morning after posting a mocked up picture of Wijnaldum in a Liverpool kit with the message "Soon" on his Twitter page. The message was later deleted.
Wijnaldum played 10 minutes for Rafa Benitez's men last night against Doncaster Rovers after coming on as a late substitute but will now make his way to the north west.
He will become the second Liverpool signing of this week after the £4.2m deal for Estonian centre-back Ragnar Klavan.
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