Liverpool have agreed a fee with Roma for goalkeeper Alisson.
The Reds made their move on Tuesday for the Brazil international and are understood to have now had a £67million bid accepted by the Italian club.
Alisson is now free to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical at Anfield.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp made his move for Alisson having decided he could no longer rely on Loris Karius.
Karius produced a disastrous performance in the Champions League final and has looked shaky on his return to action in pre-season games.
The Reds have acted fast to close out a deal for Alisson amid fears Chelsea could enter the bidding as they eye potential replacements for Thibaut Courtois, who is wanted by Real Madrid.
Should the deal for the 25-year-old go through, it will be a world record fee paid for a goalkeeper, surpassing the 53m euros (£46m) paid by Juventus to Parma for Gianluigi Buffon in 2001.
Alisson will be the fourth signing made by Liverpool this summer.
Klopp has already closed out deals for Naby Keita (agreed in 2017), Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri.
The deal for the Brazilian shot-stopper will take the Merseyside club's spending this summer to around £180million.
Alisson has been with Roma for the past two seasons, having arrived from Internacional in July 2016, and has made 64 appearances for the Serie A club.
He has been capped 31 times by Brazil and was selected ahead of Manchester City's Ederson at the World Cup, playing in all of his country's matches as they reached the quarter-finals.
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