Anfield chiefs are 'about to seal the deal' with the Ligue 1 club, according to TransferMarketWeb.

Jurgen Klopp turned to Seri after abandoning the pursuit of RB Leipzig's Naby Keita.

The Reds had a £66m bid knocked back by Bundesliga runners-up Leipzig for Keita.

And they will wait for a £50m (€55m) release clause in his contract to activate next summer.

Liverpool recently registered their interest in Seri.

He has two years left to run on his contract, which contains a £36.4m (€40m) release clause.

Liverpool are on the brink of signing Jean Michael Seri

But TransferMarketWeb claim Seri is set to join Liverpool for £20.5m (€22.5m).

A string of teams have been keeping tabs on Seri.

Arsenal are interested but Arsene Wenger needs to offload a number of fringe men first.

Everton, Swansea and Tottenham have also been linked, as have Barcelona but they recently captured Paulinho.

Nice are reluctant to lose Seri but have told him they will not block a big-money move.

Liverpool should be able to offer Champions League football to Seri after beating Hoffenheim 2-1 in their play-off last night.

Meanwhile, Andy Townsend has urged Liverpool to sell Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona.

Townsend believes Anfield chiefs should sign Diego Costa and Virgil van Dijk as replacements.