GETTY Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan set to agree a new three-year deal at Anfield

The right-back is on the verge of striking a deal with his boyhood club which will end the uncertainty over his future. Flanagan, 23, would have been out of contract this summer and able to move abroad for a nominal fee, but Liverpool have now averted that issue after further discussions with the player. The England international spent 20-months out with a knee injury, but returned after that long absence in January and has quickly impressed manager Jurgen Klopp.

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Flanagan is a popular member of the dressing room and Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson stated publicly it was imperative the club secured his future. “I don’t think players and people like Flanno grow on trees to be honest,” said Henderson last month. “You have people like him and Stevie and Carra who have come through the academy and the fans feel as though they are one of them really, which they are. “His whole family supports Liverpool. He has been a Liverpool supporter since he was a kid and he has had a difficult time for the last year, two years, but what I have seen him do behind the scenes is incredible really.