Liverpool advancing to wrap up shock deal for £21m La Liga star with offer ‘imminent’

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Liverpool are moving quickly to secure Andoni Iraola’s second summer signing, with an ‘imminent’ £21m bid readied to wrap up a shock La Liga defensive deal. After facing plenty of criticism following last year’s activity, Hughes now has a real chance to shift the narrative but there’s a staggering amount of work to be done.

Well, it looks like Liverpool are making moves already to fix it, targeting a player who will be intimately familiar to Iraola:Andrei Ra?iu The Romanian international grew up in Spain, came through Villarreal’s academy, and ended up moving to Rayo Vallecano in the exact same summer Iraola departed the Spanish side for Bournemouth. Reports indicate that the Reds are rapidly advancing in their efforts to sign the Romanian international, and Richard Hughes is now ready to launch an official bid very soon to secure Iraola’s second major La Liga raid of the summer.

Add that to the fact that Liverpool still haven’t truly replaced the defensive structural security of Fabinho, and it becomes clear there’s work to do. With uncertainty still hovering over Frimpong’s suitability and Bradley’s return from major injury remaining an unknown, change feels inevitable.