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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

The Agenda: Liverpool sign Diogo Jota from Wolves in £45m deal | Michael Edwards transfer masterstroke

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

To complete an incredible day of transfer business, Liverpool have tonight agreed to sign Diogo Jota from Wolves for a fee that could reach £45million. The 23-year-old joins for an initial sum of £41m and will pen a five-year deal with the club. In a special edition of The Agenda, the Liverpool ECHO's Paul Gorst reacts to the huge breaking news before Guy Clarke and Matt Addison discuss Michael Edwards' and Jurgen Klopp's second signing of the day following the arrival of Thiago Alcantara. Enjoy.The Liverpool Echo sends a twice-daily Liverpool FC bulletin out via email with the all latest news, views and analysis from Anfield. Sign up for this service here: https://communicatoremail.com/F/QvfUCndgGDRHFbKqw0Z7Ip/Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TbqyJWlhRPedk-if0rKtw?view_as=subscriberVisit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fcDownload our Liverpool FC app for free: Apple – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lfc-echo/id1255495425 Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirror.liverpoolfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Liverpool have completed the signing of the Ogogotter from Wolverhamton Wanderers for the fear that could reach as much as 45 million pound. The 23 year old forward put pen to paper on Friday to become the third signing of the summer behind Kostash Shimakash,

0:13.2

Antioch, Alkantara, who also completed his move from Buyimuric on Friday

0:17.4

in a deal worth up to 25 million.

0:19.7

Liverpool will pay wolves an initial fee of 41 million pound with the actual four coming from certain performance base criteria that surround the Champions League and the Premier League.

0:29.6

That means he becomes the fourth most expensive player in an Anfield history behind Virgil Mandi,

0:34.0

Allison Becker and Nabikator.

0:36.0

And Yeagenkop has been a massive fan of the forward

0:38.0

ever since he came to the Premier League with Wolves

0:40.8

two years ago.

0:41.6

We scored 16 goals across those two seasons with New

0:44.0

numbers Spidito Santo's team but it's understood that his willingness to play

0:47.5

across the front line in a number of positions and his willingness to press on and

0:52.0

off the ball alongside this work rate as well as really in press clock and

0:55.7

Liverpool see him as an ideal substitute behind that front three of Mohammed Sala, Sadio Mani and Roberto F Amino. Another driving force in a deal that is understood

1:05.2

as Pepplinders who was a coach of Porto a few years back. He spoke to contacts at the Portuguese

1:11.3

club and it was nothing but glowing character references for a

1:14.4

player who also spent time at Porto earlier in his career. So the other people stepped up

1:20.0

negotiations this week with Wolves after deciding not to pursue a move for

1:24.5

Ishmael and Zarr with Wofford demanding 40 million as a minimum fee at a time

1:29.2

when Liverpool are still cutting their cloth accordingly because of the

1:31.7

coronavirus pandemic.

1:33.0

So Liverpool aren't paying the 41 million pound the front.

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