Aug 10 : Liverpool have signed Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo from Spanish champions Barcelona on a season-long loan, the Premier League club announced on Monday, as they moved to strengthen an injury-ravaged defence.
British media reported that the deal includes an option to buy the 27-year-old for about £47 million ($63.48 million).
Araujo arrives at a time when Liverpool are facing mounting defensive problems.
Joe Gomez suffered a muscle injury in the club’s opening pre-season match, while teenage centre back Giovanni Leoni is recovering from an ACL injury.
Young centre back Jeremy Jacquet is also nursing an injury, leaving captain Virgil van Dijk, 35, as Liverpool’s only fully fit senior central defender.
“I think it was the ideal move for me at this stage in my career. I think it was a move that was necessary for me to take. As soon as I heard that interest from Liverpool, everything went into action really, really quickly,” Araujo said in a statement.
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