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Kyriakos Papadopoulos is reportedly close to becoming a Liverpool FC player as his current club Sckalke "admit defeat" in trying to keep hold of him.

Speaking to the German press, Schalke sporting director Horst Heldt said: "There are a lot of clubs to take into account. We're going to speak to each other when it takes concrete form."

Liverpool are poised to win the race for highly rated Derby midfielder Will Hughes according to Metro, with the club set to lodge a £6million bid this week.

And Daniel Agger is quoted as confirming his commitment to the Reds in the wake of mounting speculation surrounding Barcelona's interest.

In pictures: Agger at LFC

In the ECHO today:

Reds miss out to Spurs in Willian transfer chase

Cissokho thinking big after Reds move

Coates set for long injury lay-off

See below for more details and to explore our summer rumour archive: