Sheyi Ojo is on the verge of completing a loan move to Stade Reims as Liverpool continue to trim their squad ahead of the European transfer deadline on Friday.

The 21-year-old had previously attracted interest from Championship clubs including Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough.

However, he is now set to agree a temporary move to last season’s Ligue 2 champions as they take on the challenge of life in the French top-flight.

Ojo is expected to fly out to France on Wednesday in order to complete the formalities of his move.

Lazar Markovic is set to follow his fellow winger out of the club, with Belgian duo Standard Liege and Anderlecht both showing interest.

The Serbian, who has failed to make an impact since joining from Benfica in 2014, is out of contract with the Reds next summer.

One man who won’t be joining them in heading for the exit, though, is Simon Mignolet.

The goalkeeper had been keen to leave Anfield in search of regular first-team football this summer but failed to agree personal terms with Fulham and saw interest from Napoli fail to materialise.

Liverpool subsequently allowed Loris Karius to join Besiktas on a two-year loan before informing Mignolet that they would be unwilling to entertain anything but a permanent offer for his services.

And he is now expected to serve as back-up to Alisson Becker in the short term at least, despite recently expressing frustration over his situation.

Speaking to Het Laatste Nieuws earlier this week, Mignolet said: “I find it bizarre that Karius was loaned while I also had options to be loaned. But for some reason that was not possible.

“A goalkeeper who was preferred to me last year may leave on a loan basis. Strange.”