Liverpool sign Kerkez, spending nears $197M

Liverpool person completed the signing of Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez, the Premier League champions person announced, taking the club's summertime spending to astir the £170 cardinal ($197m) mark.

Sources told ESPN that Kerkez has joined Liverpool connected a five-year declaration aft the nine agreed a woody with Bournemouth totalling £40m ($54.9m).

Kerkez is Liverpool's 3rd large signing of the summertime pursuing the arrivals of Frimpong and Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz, who joined connected a club-record fee successful a woody worthy up to £116m ($159m).

Liverpool's summertime spending spree is successful marked opposition to their enactment past summertime which saw conscionable 2 arrivals -- Federico Chiesa (€12m, $16.4m) and Giorgi Mamardashvili (€30m, $41m) who was loaned backmost to Valencia.

Hungary planetary Kerkez joins aft a breakout season, with his 2 goals and six assists from defence helping Bournemouth to their archetypal top-half decorativeness successful the Premier League.

The 21-year-old is acceptable to supply contention to Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas astatine Anfield. Liverpool person already signed full-back Jeremie Frimpong this summertime pursuing Trent Alexander-Arnold's exit to Real Madrid.

Kerkez has been a mainstay for Bournemouth since joining from AZ Alkmaar successful 2023, and helium started each crippled for Andoni Iraola's broadside this season.

He has besides been capped 23 times by his country.