Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is confident closing a deal for Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin. Rodgers is eager to welcome Sahin on-loan.

"I believe, from the club, everything has been organised and sorted in terms of paperwork so we're hoping in the next 24 hours that can be done," said Rodgers.

"He is a great technician. He was player of the season in Germany, captain of Dortmund and fantastic at a very young age.

"He got a move to Real Madrid and obviously through injury it has not quite worked out for him.

"But he is a wonderful player technically and tactically who understands the game and we hope his extra quality coming in will help the group."