Sevilla forward Luis Alberto to have medical at Liverpool after agreeing £6.8m move



Sevilla's Luis Alberto will have a medical at Liverpool on Friday after a £6.8million deal was agreed between the two clubs.

The 20-year-old, who will sign on a four-year deal, has been on loan at Barcelona B and had expected to stay at Sevilla, but the cash-strapped club have had to let the striker leave.

Barcelona decided not to take up their option to sign him permanently at the end of his loan stint, and Alberto could be Liverpool's second striker signing of the summer after a deal was agreed for Iago Aspas from Celta Vigo.

New man: Alberto is on his way to Anfield after cash-strapped Sevilla accepted a £6.8m deal

LUIS ALBERTO: CLUB RECORD

2009-2012 - Sevilla B 77 apps 25 goals 2011 - present - Sevilla 7 apps 0 goals 2012-13 - Barcelona B (loan) 37 apps 11 goals

The signing puts doubt over the future of Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, who has hinted he may leave the club this summer.

Alberto says he will use the success of Spaniards in the Premier League to motivate him at Liverpool.



'I'm very much looking forward to it,' Alberto said.



'I'm going to a club like Liverpool, a new culture, a new language, I have to adapt quickly but I'm really looking forward to this big step.



'There are many Spaniards in England and they are doing quite well.



'Seeing all of them succeeding there motivates me even more.'



Alberto did admit, however, that it will be a wrench to leave his hometown club.



'I've always said that this is the club where I grew up, it's my home,' he told Spanish newspaper Diario de Sevilla.



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'I owe a lot to Sevilla, although I'm leaving a little hurt because I haven't had the chance to show what I can do in the Primera Division.



'It seems like I was going to return to Sevilla, but the Liverpool thing came up and it's a very important step.



'I've had to take a difficult and important decision and I hope I've got it right.'



Alberto has played once for Spain's U21 side, and scored 11 goals in 38 appearances for Barcelona B last season.