Liverpool have agreed to sign Arsenal and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for £40m.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger spoke last week of his desire to keep the 24-year-old, who was also a target for Premier League champions Chelsea.
But the player had his heart set on a move to Liverpool, who beat Arsenal 4-0 in the league on Sunday, and rebuffed Chelsea's advances.
He will become Liverpool's second most expensive signing after Guinea international Naby Keita, who will join the club from next season after the Reds triggered a £48m release clause in the RB Leipzig midfielder’s contract.
Oxlade-Chamberlain has made more than 130 Premier League appearances for Arsenal since 2011. He can play in central midfield or on either flank and his versatility is one of the reasons Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp was keen to bring him to Anfield.
Elsewhere, Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Ivory Coast international Serge Aurier after the Paris St Germain defender was granted a work permit.
The 24-year-old has been heavily linked with a move away from the Parc des Princes for much of the summer.
The matter of Aurier being granted a work permit had been complicated as he was handed a suspended two-month prison sentence last year having been found guilty of assault.
