Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana has reportedly been offered a final offer of 25 million pounds by Liverpool, as speculations suggest that the Premier League runners up want to complete the deal swiftly or they would consider moving on to alternative transfer targets.
Southampton must reportedly pay 25 percent of any transfer fee for their skipper, who would be playing as part of the England squad in the World Cup, to Bournemouth, who sold Lallana to his current club.
According to the BBC, Southampton had earlier turned down Liverpool's opening offer of 20 million-pounds after indicating that the they wanted to end up with that amount from any deal themselves and Brendon Rodgers' side's latest bid would leave Lallana's side with 18.75 million pounds with the rest 6.25 million pounds going to Bournemouth.
Lallana reportedly earned himself a place in the Professional Footballers' Association Premier League team of the year, after his side finished eighth in the Premier League with 56 points, which is highest league points total the club has managed, the report added.