Liverpool are close to signing Scotland left-back Andy Robertson from Hull City.

The 23-year-old has been linked with a move to Anfield for some weeks and it is believed that negotiations between the two clubs are all but completed, allowing Robertson to become Liverpool’s third signing of the summer, following the arrival of Dominic Solanke from Chelsea and Mohamed Salah from Roma.

Robertson joined Hull from Dundee United for £2.85m July in 2014 and despite the club’s struggles during that period, including most recently relegation from the Premier League, the player has regularly impressed.

He made his debut for Scotland in a friendly against Poland in March 2014 and has gone on to earn a further 14 caps.

The fee for Robertson, whose contract with Hull expires next June, is believed to be in the region of £8m and he maintains a realistic chance of being an instant first-team player at Anfield given Jürgen Klopp’s current left-back options are James Milner, a converted midfielder, and Alberto Moreno, who has fallen out of favour with the German.

Lucas Leiva poised to join Lazio

Lucas Leiva’s 10-year Liverpool career is set to end with the club accepting a £5m offer from Lazio for the Brazil midfielder.

The 30-year-old has 12 months remaining on his contract but will be allowed to leave in pursuit of more regular football. He has been given permission to talk personal terms with Lazio, who are managed by Simone Inzaghi.

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Liverpool play their second pre-season friendly at Wigan Athletic on Friday but Lucas, who featured in the 4-0 win at Tranmere Rovers on Wednesday, will not be involved.

He is the longest-serving player in the Liverpool squad having made 346 appearances since arriving for £5m from Grêmio in 2007. He has been deployed to good effect in central defence by Jürgen Klopp but, with the prospect of a regular starting role limited, the manager did not want to stand in the way of an exit.

Palace agree deal for Martins Indi

Crystal Palace are hopeful of adding yet further to their Dutch contingent by signing Bruno Martins Indi from Porto, stealing a march on Stoke City in the process.

Martins Indi, who impressed during his season-long loan at Stoke last season, has entered the final year of his contract at the Estádio do Dragão and is expected to cost around £12.5m, with personal terms to be agreed and a medical undertaken. He has had issues with a knee and Palace will want to be reassured he his fit.

Martins Indi would join the versatile defender Jairo Riedewald, who is close to completing a £7.5m move to link up with his former Ajax manager Frank de Boer at Selhurst Park.

Stoke, who are set to sign Kurt Zouma on a 12-month loan from Chelsea, had hoped to secure Martins Indi on a permanent deal. However, their option to buy for £8.8m is understood to have expired on 1 July and no agreement has been struck with the player or Porto.

“We still want him,” Mark Hughes told the Stoke Sentinel this week. “Hopefully that’s something that will we will be able to do. But we need everyone to be on the same page and, at the moment, we’re not.” Stoke retain that interest and have not given up on the player despite Palace’s surprise bid.

The Portugal-born defender, 25, began his career at Feyenoord before moving to Porto in 2014 and has 34 Holland caps. He adapted well to the Premier League and, along with Riedewald, would strengthen Palace’s defensive ranks now they have been priced out of a move for Liverpool’s Mamadou Sakho.

De Boer’s squad depart on Sunday for Hong Kong, where they will play in the Premier League trophy. Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who has joined on a season-long loan from Chelsea, is included in the 25-man party.