Overview

• Fabrizio Romano has relayed that Bournemouth’s £25m package for the 19-year-old winger has reached advanced stages of negotiation.
• Doak was omitted from Liverpool’s squad for their Premier League opener against Bournemouth as talks accelerated.
• Liverpool stand to make a substantial profit after acquiring the Scotland international from Celtic for about £600,000 in 2022.
• The club has routinely included protective provisions in recent academy graduate sales to safeguard future value before finalising departures.
• Doak impressed on loan at Middlesbrough with three goals and seven assists before a thigh injury ended his season prematurely.