Football news: Liverpool playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri set for imminent £9.5m Lyon switch - reports

ByAlexander Netherton

Updated 22/08/2021 at 22:57 GMT

Liverpool's 29-year-old playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri is reportedly close to a move to Ligue Un side Lyon. The Swiss international was initially subject of a £4 million bid but that has been bumped up to almost £10 million, and the player is now expected to complete the switch from Liverpool to Lyon before the end of the transfer window.

Lyon have agreed a £9.5m fee for Liverpool’s forward Xherdan Shaqiri, according to reports.

The Times’ Paul Joyce reported that the French side had made a bid of £4 million for the player and negotiations had led to an agreement for a fee more than twice the original offer.

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The 29-year-old former Inter Milan player has been in and out of Jurgen Klopp’s first team plans so had been expected to move on before the current transfer window is out.

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Swiss international Shaqiri had been part of the club’s Champions League winning squad as well as the one which claimed its first Premier League title.

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