Liverpool agree £2.3m fee
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Liverpool agree £2.3m Brad Jones fee as Middlesbrough keeper seals Anfield move
On the move: Middlesbrough's Brad Jones
Liverpool are poised to seal a £2.3million deal for Brad Jones after the Middlesbrough goalkeeper passed a medical on Monday.
The 28-year-old Australia international travelled to the north-west to discuss personal terms and undergo physical tests, which Liverpool tonight confirmed he successfully came through.
It is understood the deal had been held up by a difference of opinion over how the fee was to be paid.
Reds boss Roy Hodgson has earmarked Jones, who qualifies as a 'home-grown' player under the new rules after joining the Teessiders as a trainee, as suitable cover for first-choice goalkeeper Jose Reina.
Liverpool confirmed the fee on their official website and stated that Jones should finalise his move on Tuesday.
Jones made 24 league appearances in the Championship for Middlesbrough last season, his most in a single campaign during his eight years at the Teesside club, during which he has spent loan spells with Blackpool, Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham and Stockport.
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i think this is not a wise move.
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i dont think we really need him on the field but just to fill up that 8 home grown new rule. i think Cavalieri is a good back up
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yea i know he is simply to fill up the hg players gap. but shouldn't we sign some ~18 year old promising chap(English and any position) instead of a 28 year old one?
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Liverpool gt 1st choice as Reina
2nd choice - Cavalieri3rd choice - e French
4th choice - him?
wth?
1,2,3 is 27 yrs old