Liverpool ‘ready to agree’ bargain £83,000-a-week contract with midfield signing No 2; release clause to be triggered...

Liverpool are ready to activate a LaLiga ace’s release clause and will push ahead with a contract agreement worth just £83,000-a-week, per reports.

Priority number one at Anfield this summer is launching a full-scale revamp of Jurgen Klopp’s midfield.

Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and James Milner will leave as free agents. Keita has already been unveiled by Werder Bremen, while Milner will join Brighton.

Leighton Clarkson has joined Aberdeen on a permanent deal after impressing with the Scottish side on loan last season. Elsewhere, the option to buy in Arthur Melo’s loan from Juventus has been ignored.

Alexis Mac Allister has been delivered for just £35m, though two further midfield additions are wanted. To that end, the players currently in Liverpool’s sights are Ryan Gravenberch, Manu Kone, Khephren Thuram, Romeo Lavia and Gabri Veiga.

Of the quintet, Celta Vigo’s Veiga, 21, is arguably the easiest to sign given the presence of a €40m (approx. £34.4m) release clause. According to Spanish outlet AS, Liverpool fully intend to trigger it.

Via The Paisley Gates, it’s revealed Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea are all willing to activate the clause.

However, Newcastle’s attention is appearing to lay elsewhere, with a Sandro Tonali agreement reached and James Maddison – who plays in Veiga’s position – a more pressing matter than Veiga.

As such, the race could come down to Liverpool and Chelsea and per Italian publication Corriere del Mezzogiorno (as cited by the Paisley Gates), both clubs are ready to table matching contract offers.

Proposals worth €5m per season (roughly £83,000-a-week) are being lined up. That would represent a gigantic pay rise for Veiga who Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg tweeted “will leave Celta Vigo this summer”.

Indeed, Veiga is understood to be the lowest earner at Celta right now, trousering a mere £3,000-a-week given he remains on the first professional contract he signed with the club.

Napoli had been touted as a credible threat to the chances of Veiga moving to England. However, the Italian report stresses Napoli will struggle to compete with the Premier League sides in the event a more lucrative contract offer is required.

Veiga primarily operates in an attacking midfield role and enjoyed a breakthrough campaign with Celta last term.

The 21-year-old – who is currently with Spain at the Under-21 Euros – bagged 11 goals and four assists in LaLiga. Three of his goals came against stern opposition in Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.