England midfielder Adam Lallana will take his Liverpool medical in Miami later this week - if Southampton are willing to accept an offer for him.
The Mail on Sunday says Lallana would be allowed to undergo a medical in Miami this week if the Saints relent and accept Liverpool's £25m offer.
Lallana has his heart set on following Rickie Lambert to Anfield and wanted his switch to be completed before England's World Cup campaign starts, but Southampton are digging their heels in.
They rejected Liverpool's £20m offer, made at the end of the season, then received a take-it-or-leave-it £25m bid on Friday night.
Southampton will owe 25 per cent of whatever fee they receive to Lallana's first club Bournemouth.
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