Liverpool
have agreed to sign striker Christian Benteke from Premier League rivals Aston
Villa for STG32.5 million ($A68.49 million), the BBC and other British media
organisations reported on Sunday.
The
24-year-old Belgium international is now due to have a medical, with
Liverpool's club doctor set to return home from the team's pre-season tour of
Australia to conduct proceedings.
It is not
expected, however, that Benteke himself will join the tour.
The forward
arrived at Villa from Genk in a STG7 million move in 2012 and has since scored
49 goals in 101 appearances for the Birmingham club.
His 12 goals
in as many games last season played a key role in helping Villa avoid
relegation from the lucrative top flight of English football.
Liverpool
went to sign Benteke, who still has two years left on his Villa contract, after
off-loading forward Raheem Sterling to Manchester City for a record fee between
English Premier League clubs that could rise to as much as STG49 million.
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