Overview
- Multiple outlets report Liverpool are close to an agreement at an initial fee around £35m (€40m) with add-ons potentially taking the total to about £43m.
- Personal terms are widely reported as agreed, with the move said to be awaiting medical checks and formal club confirmation.
- Chelsea are reported to have withdrawn interest, leaving Liverpool as frontrunners after earlier links also mentioned Inter Milan.
- The pursuit is presented as addressing defensive strain following Giovanni Leoni’s season-ending injury and Joe Gomez’s absence, with Ibrahima Konaté’s future uncertain.
- Ordóñez, 21, is a right-sided centre-back for Club Brugge and an Ecuador international with over 100 senior appearances.