Liverpool closing in on £26m deal to sign 18 yo Parma defender Giovanni Leoni

Liverpool is the completion of the agreement over a £ 26 million deal for Parma defender Giovanni Leoni.

The Reds pay further add-ons for the 18-year-old on versions plus a sold out percentage.

Daily Mail Sport reported on Tuesday that the Premier League champions had performed their interest in the defender.

The deal disconnected with Liverpool's strive for Crystal Palace Captain Marc Guehi for a similar fee.

The Italy U19 has only played 17 times in the Serie A, but the Reds transfer department can be found much of Leoni and are ready to pursue a movement to sign it.

Liverpool's interest in Leoni, a 6ft 5 central defender, comes after the Reds previously chased Lenny Yoro, Jorrel Hato and Dean Huijsen while looking for a long -term successor to Captain Virgil van Dijk.

Leoni only came to Parma last summer in a deal worth a first £ 4.3 million from Sampdoria, who had activated an option of £ 1.3 million only a few months earlier to make a loan from Padova permanent.

The teenager had played under former Italy -international Andrea Pirlo in Sampdoria, during his Stint who was in charge of the B -side series.

Pirlo had rejected concern about the defender with the first team at a young age and supported him to become a star of the future.

“If anyone had doubts about starting him from the first minute, I didn't have one,” said Pirlo in March 2024. “I see him in training every day. He played like an adult young person, he becomes a strong football player. '

Liverpool has been looking for a center back, with Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate the only fit senior centerbacks in their books. Joe Gomez is injured.

Liverpool is now direct contact with Crystal Palace about a movement for their captain Guehi in a separate deal.

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