Liverpool close in on deal for £5m Leeds star

LIVERPOOL are closing in on a £5million deal for Leeds star Sam Byram, according to reports.

 

Sam Byram has refused to extend his contract at Leeds

 

The Sun claim Jurgen Klopp has sent scouts to watch the 22-year-old, whose contract runs out at the end of the season. 

Byram, who has also attracted interest from Arsenal and Everton, can play in midfield or at full-back and is one of the brightest English prospects in the Championship. 

But he recently angered Leeds owner Massimo Cellino, after he refused to extend his contract. 

 

"Sam Byram is the only one that maybe thinks Leeds is too small for him," the Italian said. 

"He maybe thinks he deserves to be in a bigger team and a bigger club, and maybe he's right. 

"But when I hear that a player from Leeds, with his agent, that he thinks that Leeds is not big enough for him, that he wants something bigger, I felt really embarrassed."

Cellino was tought to be holding out far a bigger fee for Leeds's second longest-serving senior player, but he will accept the Reds' offer of £5m in January to avoid losing him on a free in the summer.