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Liverpool winger Doak to join Bournemouth in £20m deal - source

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Bournemouth have agreed a deal to sign forward Ben Doak from Liverpool, a source has told ESPN.

Doak joined Liverpool from Celtic in 2022 and has gone on to make 10 first team appearances for the club.

The 19-year-old is expected to join Andoni Iraola's side for an initial £20 million ($27m) plus £5m in add-ons, with the deal set to be finalised on Monday.

Doak was left out of Liverpool's squad for their 4-2 victory over Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday night.

The Scotland international enjoyed a successful loan spell at Middlesbrough last season and has previously attracted interest from Crystal Palace and Leeds United.

Doak will become Bournemouth's fourth signing of the summer in a busy window on the south coast after the exits of their defensive stalwarts last season in Dean Huijsen, Illia Zabarnyi, Milos Kerkez and Kepa Arrizabalaga.

The move will take Liverpool past £200m in player transfer fees this summer after the departures of Luis Díaz, Darwin Núñez, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Caoimhín Kelleher and Jarell Quansah.

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On top of those, there are likely to be further departures from Anfield before the window closes with Kostas Tsimikas -- now third-choice left-back after the arrival of Milos Kerkez and not in the squad for Friday's win over Bournemouth -- linked with Nottingham Forest.

Information from PA contributed to this report.