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title: "Fekir agrees five-year deal with Liverpool"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sam Brown"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2018-06-08T10:21:57Z"
modified: "2018-06-08T10:21:57Z"
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# Fekir agrees five-year deal with Liverpool

Liverpool have reached a five-year deal with Lyon midfielder Nabil Fekir, [according to the Mirror.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/nabil-fekir-agrees-liverpool-contract-12666390)

Following reports late-Thursday that seemed to all-but confirm the Frenchman’s arrival on Merseyside, Friday morning has provided an altogether different story.

With rumours of a failed medical swirling, [Lyon themselves took to Twitter](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/06/08/lyon-deny-agreement-with-liverpool-for-nabil-fekir/) to announce no transfer had been agreed for the transfer of their captain.

![David Ramos/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/06/610717308.jpg)

Despite this, the Mirror are now claiming that a five-year contract has in fact been signed by the World Cup-bound man, with the club set to unveil the signing on Friday afternoon.

A principle fee of £49 million is expected to rise to £53 million, and the 24-year-old will initially earn £140,000 per week at Anfield.

Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas announced Thursday that his star player wouldn’t be sold before or during the World Cup, adding another curious hook to this fascinating story.

As a publicly listed company however, Lyon are obliged to take all measures possible to protect their share prices.

Fekir would join incoming signings Naby Keita and Fabinho in a midfield three well-stocked for the 2018/19 season.