Liverpool close in on defender

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16 June 2009

As exclusively revealed to our VIP members earlier this week, Liverpool have agreed a fee with Portsmouth for defender Glen Johnson.

The 24-year-old highly-rated defender looks set to snub Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham, Bayern Munich and others to secure a move to Anfield despite the fact that he could earn a lot more elsewhere.

A fee of £17million has been mooted but with Pompey still owing us from the Peter Crouch deal, the actual amount we would have to cough up would be much les.

Snippet from our exclusive members item earlier this week:

A club insider told the KOPTALK editor: "Johnson has been given permission to speak to us.

"His agent claims that the player is more interested in a move to Liverpool than to London or anywhere else and that his decision won't be just about money.

"A condition of any sale would be that Portsmouth don't disclose the transfer fee and conditions of the transaction due to outstanding business between the two clubs."

Asked if Johnson was the player pencilled in for a medical, the source would only say: "If he wants the move to Anfield he could be a player before the end of the working week. It's down to him now."