Liverpool are closing in on the signing of Brazil midfielder Fabinho from Monaco as a replacement for Emre Can as Jürgen Klopp steps up his summer recruitment drive.

Negotiations with the Ligue 1 side over a €45m (£40m) fee plus another potential €5m in add-ons have been ongoing for several days but Liverpool are increasingly confident that they have secured the 24-year-old. Manchester United have also been credited with an interest in the player but are expected to sign Fabinho’s international team-mate Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk instead.

Germany international Can is expected to leave Anfield for Juventus having rejected the offer of a new contract, with reports in Italy that he was due to complete a medical this week.

The signing of Fabinho would nonetheless represent something of a coup for Liverpool, who have already secured the arrival of Guinea midfielder Naby Keïta from RB Leipzig this summer and have held talks to sign France forward Nabil Fekir from Lyon.

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