Joel Ordonez JETS out amid reports of £35m Liverpool deal

According to sources in Ecuador Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign Joel Ordonez - the Club Brugge centre-back - this January.

The 21-year-old will earn around £57k per week - according to the reports - and the Reds are prepared to pay an initial £35m to land the Ecuador international.

Ordonez first moved to Brugge’s feeder team Club NXT back in 2022 from Independiente del Valle - a club with a highly-regarded academy in his homeland.

Since then he has matured into a regular in the Belgian league as well as the Champions League - leading to speculation that he would soon move to a major European club.

The time appears to be now - with those Ecuadorian sources seemingly confident in their compatriot’s prospects of moving to Anfield.

Ordonez deal not yet imminent

Brugge for their part are steely negotiators and it remains to be seen whether this deal gets over the line in the upcoming days and weeks.

In the meantime the Belgian giants are back to work following their winter break - jetting out to Marbella for a warm weather training camp.

And there is no indication that any deal between Brugge and Liverpool over Ordonez is imminent - considering the stopper is on board for the training camp.

Ordonez jets out with Club Brugge teammates

“After a well-deserved break, the Blauw-Zwart players will travel to Marbella, Spain, for a winter training camp on Saturday, January 3rd,” a report reads on the club website.

“They will prepare for the second half of the season there until Friday, January 9th.”

Ordonez IS listed among the travelling party - meaning he is not yet close to inking a deal with the Premier League champions.

Liverpool’s needs for centre-back reinforcements are growing - with Ibrahima Konate’s immediate future in doubt and Giovanni Leoni injured.

We could see an outbound deal concluded for Joe Gomez meanwhile and the club are still counting the cost of missing out on Marc Guehi on transfer deadline day.

Now we wait and see whether those needs are going to be addressed in January with the signing of Joel Ordonez.

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