Bournemouth In Talks To Sign Liverpool Winger Doak

Bournemouth person opened talks to motion Scotland winger Ben Doak from Liverpool.

The Reds want £25m for nan 19-year-old, who is expected to beryllium near retired of their squad for Friday's Premier League play opener against Bournemouth.

Doak has been a target for different Premier League clubs and Portuguese broadside Porto, but nan Cherries are considered nan frontrunners to motion him, according to aggregate sources progressive successful nan deal.

The forward, who has six caps for Scotland, spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Middlesbrough, scoring 3 times and signaling 7 assists successful 24 matches.

He has played conscionable 10 times for Liverpool since joining from Celtic successful 2022.

Bournemouth, who person agreed to waste Dango Ouattara to Brentford for £42.5m, are keen to trim nan value for Doak successful negotiations.

It has been a engaged summertime for nan Cherries aft losing defenders Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez for a full of astir £150m.

Manager Andoni Iraola admitted his broadside are "not wherever they want to be" earlier nan travel to Anfield but added "important movements" will beryllium made earlier nan transportation model closes connected 1 September.

Goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, left-back Adrien Truffert and centre-back Bafode Diakite person joined Bournemouth this summer, pinch January signing Eli Junior Kroupi besides coming into nan squad aft finishing past play connected indebtedness astatine Lorient.