Liverpool have agreed a £6.5m deal to buy the Aberdeen right-back Calvin Ramsay. The Scotland Under-21s international will sign a five-year contract and become their third summer acquisition, after Darwin Núñez and Fabio Carvalho.
There has been an accent on youth in Liverpool’s dealings, with Ramsay 19 next month, Núñez 23 this month and Fabio Carvalho 20 in August. Aberdeen will receive a guaranteed club record £4m for Ramsay plus add-ons and accepted Liverpool’s offer after changes to the add-ons structure.
Ramsay played 24 league games for Aberdeen last season, after breaking into the first team towards the end of the previous campaign, and is regarded by Liverpool as having the talent to compete for a place in the immediate term as well as being one for the future. He won the Scottish Football Writers’ Association’s young player of the year award at the end of April.
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Sadio Mané is close to leaving Liverpool for Bayern Munich after the arrival of Núñez for a fee that could reach £85m. The Senegal forward has a verbal agreement with Bayern on terms for a three-year contract and the German club are preparing a new offer which they hope will seal a transfer.
