ADAM LALLANA is on the brink of reuniting with Brendan Rodgers at Leicester, according to reports.
The English playmaker has been offered a deal to join Leicester with his contract at Liverpool expiring this summer.
Lallana is on the brink of joining Leicester on a free transferCredit: Rex Features
Lallana, 32, has made just three league starts this season having struggled to force his way into Jurgen Klopp’s first-team plans.
He is not short of options with clubs across Italy and Spain as well as Arsenal, Tottenham and West Ham interested in his signature.
But Leicester remain heavy favourites to complete a deal with Lallana eager to work alongside his former boss.
Rodgers signed the former Southampton man in 2014 during his time at Liverpool and he went on to become an integral figure at Anfield.
Lallana’s contract at the Reds officially expires on June 30 but Prem clubs have seven days from the beginning of June 23 to extend deals until the end of the campaign due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But it remains unclear whether Klopp will explore this option with his team just two wins away from becoming league champions.
With no Champions League football either, Klopp may give his blessings for Lallana to sign for the Foxes before the crisis-hit campaign comes to an end.
Rodgers made it no secret of his desire to bring Lallana to the club, when he said in January: “Adam’s a fantastic player. Someone I brought into Liverpool and I’ve been aware of his talent since he was a young player at Southampton.
“He’s done brilliantly there and I’m sure he’ll be weighing up his options but for us we don’t need to speak about that now.
“We’ve spoken about transfers all January and we don’t need to talk about summer ones now but he’s a top class player.”
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers speaks about ‘top class player’ Adam Lallana as midfielder looks to life after Liverpool
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
