Liverpool Set to Complete 3rd Signing as they Eye Diogo Jota
Less than 24hrs after Liverpool signed Thiago they are now in talks to sign Wolves forward Diogo Jota for £41m in a deal that could rise to £45m with add-ons. The 23-year-old Portugal winger is set to sign a five-year deal at Anfield. The move follows Liverpool’s £20m signing of Spain international Thiago Silva from Bayern Munich.
The Jota deal represents a net spend of about £30m, with defender Ki-Jana Hoever, 18, going the other way for £9m and a possible £4.5m in add-ons. The Premier League champions have also negotiated a 15% sell-on clause in the transfer that takes young Dutch defender Hoever to Molineux. Diego Jota can play across the forward line and would provide further cover in addition to Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi for Liverpool’s vaunted front three of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah.
The former Atletico Madrid player joined Wolves on loan in their 2017-18 Championship-winning campaign before making a £12.8m permanent switch in 2018. Diego Jota has so far made a total of 131 appearances for the Molineux side, scoring 44 goals, including hat-tricks in last season’s Europa League victories against Besiktas and Espanyol. He is in line to become Liverpool’s third summer signing following the arrival of Alcantara and Greece left-back Kostas Tsimikas for about £11.7m.
