Liverpool hoping to sign Smith for club record fee

Liverpool are hopeful of signing Canadian teen Olivia Smith this summertime and are consenting to break their nine grounds transportation interest to do so.

They request to salary a merchandise clause of astir €250,000 (£210,000) to break Smith's statement astatine existent Portuguese nine Sporting CP.

The Reds person made Smith their privilege summertime target and person been successful affirmative negotations for respective months.

They are assured of beating respective apical clubs to her signature and are successful a position to break their existing WSL transportation grounds which saw striker Sophie Roman Haug subordinate for astir £100,000 from Roma past summer.

Smith, 19, plays arsenic a guardant aliases an attacking midfielder for nan Canadian nationalist team.

She signed her first master statement pinch Sporting CP successful 2023, joining connected a three-year deal.

The teen scored and assisted connected her convention debut and was voted Player of nan Year and Young Player of nan Season successful Liga BPI pinch 13 goals successful 18 appearances.

In 2019, Smith became nan youngest subordinate to characteristic for Canada's elder nationalist squad astatine nan property of 15 years and 94 days and she was portion of their Women's World Cup squad past year.

Smith would beryllium considered an breathtaking summation arsenic nan Reds look to build connected past season's successful run successful which they vanished 4th successful nan WSL.

She could beryllium nan first of a fewer signings astatine Liverpool this summertime aft nan nine confirmed defender Emma Koivisto, midfielder Miri Taylor and forwards Melissa Lawley and Shanice van de Sanden departed upon nan expiry of their contracts.