Liverpool to seal £7m deal for Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas as Luis Suárez drops new Real Madrid hint

Liverpool target Iago Aspas will undergo a medical on Merseyside on Tuesday as Brendan Rodgers closes in on his second summer signing. With Luis Suárez repeating his desire to join Real Madrid, Rodgers knows that he must add attacking reinforcements and will be relieved to have secured Aspas swiftly during the transfer window. Aspas flew into Liverpool on Monday night to complete what Rodgers hopes will be the formalities of a £7 million move from Celta Vigo. A fee has been negotiated with theLa Liga club, and Aspas has agreed personal terms. Aspas, 25, was tracked by Rodgers throughout last season and he initially intended his purchase to complement rather than replace Suárez. With Suárez’s future lookingincreasingly to be away fromAnfield and Daniel Sturridge fighting to be fit for the startof the season, Rodgers will have to find further striking recruits in the next few months. Suárez’s public flirtation withMadrid has continued as he has spoken of the attraction of playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. “Of course I would like to play with Ronaldo, he is a great player,” Suárez told Uruguayan radio. “You never know, but it is complicated. At the moment he is in Madrid and I am in Liverpool and I do not know what is going to happen.” Liverpool are still to receive any official word from Suárezor his camp on whether he will request a transfer, but they are expecting a £40 million offer from the Bernabéu. Rodgers will be keen for a swift resolution on Suárez’s future so he can start to spend on a direct replacement for the South American. The last thing Liverpool want or needs is the situation dragging on to the point where they have little time toact. There is recent history at Anfield of star strikers moving at the end of the transfer window with damaging consequences. Michael Owen did so to Real Madrid in 2004, giving then manager Rafael Benítez no time to sign a replacement, while Fernando Torres’s last-day exit in January 2010 prompted the panic £35million signing of Andy Carroll. Suárez has also reflected onhis ‘moment of madness’ leading to his 10-match ban for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic. “I know Imade a mistake in the incident with Ivanovic – it was me, my fault, and he did not do anything to me. I was angry because I had given away a penalty for handball. "I was the reason for the penalty against my team – I saw red and completely lost it. I can’t really explain it andI am so sorry, but the reaction was amazing.” While Aspas arrives and Suárez continues to agitate for a move, Rodgers is also hopeful of securing the £4 million purchase of 20-year-old midfielder Luis Alberto from Seville. Liverpool have been waiting to see if Barcelona, where he has been on loan as a youth player, take up an option to sign him, but the indications are that he is Merseyside-bound. These remain the only imminent incomings at this stage although it promises tobe a busy few months in the market before August. Liverpool have signed Kolo Touré on a free transfer from Manchester City and Martin Skrtel’s future could be decided next week with his agent, Karol Csonto, due to fly in for talks. The defender has been linked with a reunion with Benítez, who is now in charge of Napoli, but Csonto said: “There has been no contact between the two clubs. Martin has a contract with Liverpool and it is important to honour that.” source: the telegraph DO YOU LIKE THIS POST SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS USING THE SHARE BUTTONS BELOW LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @justfootballgis