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Alexis Mac Allister's agent will arrive in England next week with Liverpool's attempts to sign the Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder "well advanced." That's the claim being made by Argentine journalist César Luis Merlo, who has given his 252,000 Twitter followers an update on the Reds' pursuit of the World Cup winner. as one of their primary targets for the summer transfer window. that they are facing competition from both Manchester City and Manchester United for the 24-year-old, who starred for Argentina in their World Cup victory in Qatar.

But the new report suggests the Reds are in the driving seat for Mac Allister, whose agent is also his father. Luis Merlo tweeted: "Alexis Mac Allister's arrival in Liverpool comes at a key moment: everything is well advanced and next week his father and agent will travel to England.



After the match, Mac Allister was embraced by City manager Pep Guardiola, as they repeatedly sang, 'we want you to stay, Alexis Mac Allister, we want you to stay'.




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