Nabil Fekir will sign a five year contract worth around £140,000 a week, as Liverpool aim to tie up his move today.

The midfielder underwent a medical at France's Clairefontaine training complex this morning, before his national team's departure for Lyon to prepare for their final World Cup preparation game, against the USA.

Anfield Sporting Director Michael Edwards has negotiated a fee in principle of £49m for the Lyon attacker, which will rise to around £53m, with achievement-related bonus payments.

As reported in the Mirror on Wednesday, Liverpool were keen to complete the deal before the player departs for Russia as part of France's World Cup squad.

And discussions were ramped up yesterday afternoon with Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas as the clock ticked down on their hopes of wrapping up the transfer.

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Lyon themselves issued a statement on their website, which appeared to suggest stories confirming a deal were “false”.

The statement read: “The information on the transfer of Nabil Fekir is false. Olympique Lyonnais categorically denies the false information disseminated by many media about the transfer of Nabil Fekir to Liverpool.

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“In this period of transfers where the slightest rumour is often presented as a reality, Olympique Lyonnais reminds that only the information disseminated by the club on its website is authentic.”

But it is understood that as a publicly listed company Lyon are obliged to ensure any information that may affect share price is denied, until any deal is officially completed - and the deal will not be done until the results of any medical are assessed and confirmed.

They are also obliged to ensure there are no false statements about the fee they will receive, and reports on the potential price for Fekir have varied wildly in the French media, which would explain the statement.

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France completed their final training session yesterday at their Clairefontaine base south east of Paris, before arriving in Lyon today to prepare for the match at the Groupama Stadium on Saturday night.

Fekir, as Lyon skipper, is expected to play in that match, and France manager Didier Deschamps wanted all transfer business to be completed before leaving the training base – or put aside until after the finals.

France fly to Russia after their final preparation game, and Deschamps indicated he would not allow any player to leave the camp – which is around an hour from Moscow - to complete any transfers.

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Aulas had said on Thursday morning he had still to agree a deal, but Edwards increased Liverpool's opening offer to conclude a deal.

The club are still hoping to unveil Fekir at some point this afternoon, with officials from Anfield flying out to France to conclude formalities and record images of the player's signing.