Liverpool will treble Joe Allen's wages and will have to pay him a £2
million signing-on fee when he completes his move over from Swansea
City. Allen is poised to undergo a medical at Liverpool's training
ground on Friday ahead of completing a £15m move from
the Liberty Stadium this summer.The Welshman watched from the
directors' box at Anfield on
Thursday night as Brendan Rodgers' team sealed their
place in the Europa League play off draw by sweeping aside FC
Gomel 3-0 to record a 4-0 aggregate win from the two legs. It is
understood that Liverpool have agreed to triple Allen's
Swansea salary, which is worth £15,000-a-week, and supplement is pay
pack with a £2m sign-on fee. He will become Rodgers' second major
signing at Anfield following the capture of Fabio
Borini, who joined from Roma earlier this summer in a deal
estimated to be around £11.2m. Liverpool triggered a release clause in
Allen's contract by
tabling a £15m bid and the deal became inevitable once the
midfielder made it clear to Swansea officials that he
wanted to have the chance to speak to the Merseysiders for a cross.
The transfer reunites Allen with
Rodgers, his manager at Swansea until he took over at Liverpool in
June. Rodgers helped to nurture the
Swansea academy graduate into an accomplished deep-lying playmaker and
he is expected to
be part of a three-man midfield
at Anfield alongside the likes of Lucas Leiva and captain Steven Gerrard.
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