LIVERPOOL -- Southampton have completed the signing of Liverpool's Danny Ings from on an initial season-long loan with an obligation to buy the striker on a permanent deal.
Ings will spend the 2018-19 campaign on loan at Southampton before a £20 million transfer kicks in on July 1, 2019, a source has told ESPN FC.
The source added that the fee will include £18m guaranteed with a further £2m in add-ons based on appearances. Liverpool also have inserted a 20 percent sell-on clause.
The move was confirmed on Thursday evening, having went down to the wire on transfer deadline day.