Sahin is close to LFC move

Close to the reds

Liverpool have confirmed they have made an agreement, beating off competition from Arsenal, to sign Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin on a season-long loan deal. Sahin will be the fourth new arrival at Anfield following Joe Allen, Fabio Borini and Oussama Assaidi.

Sahin moved to Madrid last summer after helping Borussia Dortmund secure the German championship and being named as the Bundesliga's Player of the Season.

The playmaker collected another league title winners' medal as the Spanish giants clinched La Liga in May.

Sahin has 31 caps for Turkey and became their youngest ever scorer when he netted on his debut against Germany in 2005, aged 17. The 23-year-old will now undergo a medical on Merseyside