Liverpool to ditch eight players in £100m summer clear-out

Big-spenders Liverpool are set for a summer clear-out with as many as eight players heading for the exit door.

Jurgen Klopp has splashed the cash on four signings already this transfer window, costing the club a mammoth £170m, and now he will look to recuperate some of those fees.

Danny Ings and Divock Origi are the two players expected to attract the largest fees, with six others also not in Klopp’s plans this season and the sales could add up to £100m .

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Ings is valued at £20m and, according to The Mirror, Southampton, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Newcastle are all interested in the striker.

Klopp is a big fan of Ings, but injuries have severely limited his appearances and he is expected to leave Anfield to reinvigorate his career.

Origi was a Brendan Rodgers signing and only found the net six times while on loan at Wolfsburg last season. Valencia are keen and have been told it’ll cost them £26m to take Origi to Spain.

The arrival of Roma keeper Alisson means Klopp needs to offload one of his stoppers. One of Lorius Karius or Simon Mignolet will definitely leave – Karius has insinuated it may be him in recent days – but there is a chance they will both be sold.

Serbian winger Lazar Marković is still a Liverpool player, despite spending the past three years out on loan, and is available for £7m. The Reds paid £20m for Markovic in 2014 but has flopped on Merseyside, playing only a handful of games.

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And three of the Reds’ most talented youngsters will head out on loan to as they continue their development.

Welsh wonder Ben Woodburn is on Norwich and Sheffield United’s shopping lists, Sheyi Ojo impressed at Fulham last year and is attracting plenty of interest, while Serbian youngster Marko Grujic may return to Cardiff on loan, although Lazio are also keen.