FERNANDO MORIENTES will join Liverpool in a £6.5million deal over the next 48 hours.
Real Madrid finally agreed to the move after telling the Spanish striker he could not be guaranteed a place in the side.
Anfield boss Rafa Benitez has been desperate to land Morientes, 28, ever since Michael Owen left for the Bernabeu in August.
Madrid have always insisted they do not want him to leave. And Liverpool’s bid looked doomed this week when new Madrid boss Vanderlei Luxemburgo claimed it would be like ‘dealing with the enemy