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Southampton today accepted Liverpool's £12.5m bid for Nathaniel Clyne after the England defender demanded a move from St Mary's.

Saints were holding out for £15m but were forced to reduce their asking price after Clyne revealed he wanted to leave the south coast.

The former Crystal Palace right back is in the final year of his contract and had snubbed Ronald Koeman's offer of a new £45,000-a-week deal.

Clyne, 24, will complete his move to Anfield after returning from holiday in Las Vegas and Liverpool will pay £10.5m up front with a further £2m in add-ons.

He is the fourth Saints player to make the switch to Merseyside since last summer, following in the footsteps of Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren.

Clyne has missed numerous deadlines set by Koeman to decide his future and the Dutchman was keen for the saga to be resolved before the start of pre-season training on Monday.

Saints signed Clyne from Palace after winning promotion from the Championship in 2012 and he scored three goals in 94 Premier League appearances for the club.

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Koeman has already signed Portugal defender Cedric Soares to replace Clyne.

Clyne had been set to join Manchester United but Louis van Gaal pulled the plug on the move to pursue other targets.

His departure comes despite Saints' executive director Les Reed confidently predicting Clyne would stay at Saints.