Southampton striker Rickie Lambert hopes to complete his move to Liverpool this weekend.
The London Evening Standard says Lambert is on the brink of signing for Liverpool in a deal worth £4m plus add-ons, with the striker understood to be desperate to join his hometown team, who rejected him as a 15-year-old.
Lambert is expected on Merseyside for a medical on Saturday, a mere 48 hours after the Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers' desire to sign the 32-year-old led the Anfield club to open talks with Southampton.
Lambert would not be a first choice if striker, as Liverpool expect, Luis Suarez is still around to lead the line with Daniel Sturridge as the club return to the Champions League.
But his signing would provide an alternative way of Rodgers' side breaking down teams next season and the forward is ready to back his ability to flourish.
