Liverpool are in talks to sign Preston North End defender Ben Davies in a surprise £2million deal.
Davies had agreed to go to Celtic in the summer and talks had advanced to bring that deal forward but Liverpool have now stepped in a bid to sign the 25-year old and add a specialist centre back to their depleted squad.
Liverpool are still working on other targets but they will send Sepp van den Berg to Preston as cover for Davies’s departure.
Davies has been a regular at the back for the Championship side this season, playing in 19 out of Preston's 27 second-tier matches.