Liverpool ‘agree £45m deal with Wolves’ for Jota as Hoever heads other way
LIVERPOOL have agreed a £45million deal with Wolves attacker Diogo Jota, according to reports.
Meanwhile, Reds' Dutch defender Ki-Jana Delano Hoever is set to go the other way as a makeweight in the deal.
Jurgen Klopp made Jota his priority after landing Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara from Champions League winners Bayern Munich.
Portuguese attacker Jota, 23, will be back-up for main men Mo Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.
sports reporter Paul Joyce claims Jota will move for An initial £41m with another £4m in add-ons.
Hoever is valued at £9m with £4.5m in add-ons, he claims.
Many fans have questioned why Reds chiefs have stumped up so much for Jota, who scored just seven goals in the Premier League last season, when they baulked at paying £48m for Timo Werner.
Werner, who scored an astonishing 34 goals last season for RB Leipzig, moved to Chelsea earlier this summer.
Champions Liverpool had been criticised for a lack of action in the transfer market this summer.
Eighteen-year-old Hoever has failed to make a single Premier League appearance for the Merseysiders in his 18 months at Anfield.
He played one FA Cup tie and two League Cup games.
Most read in Football
The Amsterdam-born defender can play at right-back or centre-half.
Jota had arrived at Molineux from Porto and helped the men in gold win promotion to the Premier League.
The ex-Atletico Madrid frontman struck 18 goals in the Championship title-winning campaign.