Liverpool Football Club are prepared to pay £16million for Gaston Ramirez.

Having already won the Carling Cup this season, the Reds are hoping to clinch a cup double at the weekend when they take on Chelsea in the FA Cup final.

However, in the Premier League it has been an altogether different story, with their form in this calendar year the third worst of the entire top-flight.

Kenny Dalglish will be determined to bolster his options in the summer, and The Metro claims he is prepared to pay £16million for Bologna forward Ramirez, 21.

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