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Liverpool have completed the signing of Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez in a £40m deal, with the Premier League champions' summer spending set to pass the £200m mark.
The 21-year-old defender, who is understood to have signed a five-year deal at Anfield, becomes head coach Arne Slot's latest signing of the window, with Liverpool having already brought in Jeremie Frimpong for £29.5m from Bayer Leverkusen and his club-mate Florian Wirtz for what could become a British-record £116m move.
Liverpool also agreed a £29m deal last August for goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who will officially join the club from Valencia on July 1, taking the Reds' spending in the summer transfer window to over £200m.
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Kerkez was one of Bournemouth's standout players last season, scoring two goals and adding six assists in 38 Premier League appearances, with Liverpool having been keen on him for some time.
Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes, who joined from Bournemouth last summer, originally signed Kerkez for the Cherries from AZ Alkmaar in 2023.
Earlier in June, Bournemouth signed left-back Adrien Truffert from Rennes in an initial £10.1m deal that could rise to £14.3m, to replace the departing Kerkez.
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Sky Sports football features writer Nick Wright:
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"Liverpool moved swiftly to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold, announcing the signing of Jeremie Frimpong on the same day as his exit to Real Madrid was confirmed
They appear to be enacting their left-back succession plan with the same efficiency.
"There is of course a big difference in that, as things stand, Milos Kerkez will be arriving from Bournemouth to compete with Andy Robertson rather than replace him
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