Premiership: Riise close to Liverpool move

The agent of Monaco's John Arne Riise has claimed she is "100% certain" that the Norwegian will be joining Liverpool.

However on Friday, Berit Riise - who is also the player's mother - seemed certain that the midfielder would be joining Premiership new-boys Fulham.

"If the medical goes to plan then John Arne will sign. We have reached an agreement with Fulham that we'll go there on Monday morning," she said.

But today she said that she and her son will fly to Merseyside instead of London on Monday, as Liverpool have been holding talks with Monaco since Thursday.

She said: "We are 100% certain that this deal will go through.

"If everything goes to plan then he will be a Liverpool player from next week.

"The plane tickets to Liverpool have already been booked. We will have talks with the club on Monday, and at the same time John Arne will undergo a medical."

A snag looked to have hit the sale of the 20-year-old when his former Norweigen side Aalesund insisted on exercising the 20% sell-on clause they had inserted in the terms of his transfer to Monaco.

But Berit Riise is sure this will no longer be a problem.

"As far as Aalesund are concerned there was a slight disagreement about how their 20% would be worked out," she said, "but everything is sorted out now."

Riise was a regular member of the 1999-2000 title-winning Monaco side, but fell out of favour with coach Claude Puel after admitting his desire to leave.