LIVERPOOL: Liverpool has agreed to pay a club-record fee to Newcastle for striker Andy Carroll.
If the Reds complete the signing of the England international, it paves the way for Spain striker Fernando Torres, 26, to leave Anfield for Chelsea.
And that is not all, with Liverpool also plotting a £15mil swoop for Aston Villa winger Ashley Young plus an improved £8mil bid for Blackpool’s Charlie Adam.
A Liverpool statement says the club has had an offer accepted for Carroll and has “been given permission by Newcastle to discuss personal terms with the player, who will now travel to Liverpool for a medical.”
Reports in the British media say the fee for Carroll could be in the region of £35mil – which would be a record fee for a transfer between two British clubs.
The 22-year-old Carroll has made a massive impact in the Premier League with 11 goals so far this season, including one in the 3-1 victory over Liverpool at St James’ Park.
Liverpool could take their transfer window spending to £45.5mil in just four days with the signings of 25-year-old England star Young and Scotland midfielder Adam, also 25.
Their Anfield arrivals would follow that of Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, 24, whose club Ajax agreed a £22.5mil fee with Liverpool last Friday.
Suarez has since passed a medical and agreed personal terms but it will be the big-money pursuit of 6ft 3in Carroll, currently out with a thigh injury, which will most excite the Reds faithful.
And, if Comolli can pull off a shock deal, boss Dalglish’s side will have had an astonishing £75.5mil makeover inside a week.
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