Simon Mignolet: Liverpool set to sign Sunderland keeper
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Liverpool are set to sign Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet for 拢9m next week.
The Belgium international is expected on Merseyside in the next few days to undergo a medical and complete the formalities of the move.
The 24-year-old has played 101 games since for 拢2m in June 2010.
He kept 11 clean sheets in 40 appearances last season as the Black Cats narrowly avoided the drop.
Liverpool's current first-choice keeper Pepe Reina, 30, has been linked with a return to Spanish champions Barcelona, where he started his career.
The Reds have already agreed to sign 32-year-old , external on a free transfer and Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas, 25, for 拢7m.
Sevilla midfielder Luis Alberto, 20, is close to joining the Reds, while manager Brendan Rodgers is also tracking highly-rated Sporting Lisbon defender Tiago Ilori, 20, and 24-year-old Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Shakhtar Donetsk.
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