Stoke City have agreed a £13m fee for Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen, Sky sources understand.
Allen has been at Liverpool since 2012 but was in and out of Jurgen Klopp's first team after the German took over from Brendan Rodgers in October, 2015.
Allen made the majority of his appearances off the bench and ended the season, which was partially affected by injury, with only eight Premier League starts.
The former Swansea midfielder is out of contract at the end of the 2016-17 season and Klopp said last week he was looking into Allen's position at the club, where there is plenty of competition for a midfield place.
"Obviously Joe Allen is a good player. We never doubted this. He played a good European Championship, like the whole Welsh team," Klopp said.
"We have to make decisions, we have to find solutions. We have to talk to the player, ask the player and think about our situation. That's how it works."
Stoke boss Mark Hughes has been quiet in the transfer market so far this summer but midfield is an area of concern with Stephen Ireland (broken leg) and Ibrahim Affelay (cruciate ligament) already on the sidelines long-term.
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