Deportivo reach Barragan agreement

Deportivo La Coruna have reached a verbal agreement with Liverpool to sign promising Spanish defender Antonio Barragan.

The Primera Liga outfit have confirmed they are close to signing the 19-year-old, who has made just one senior appearance for Rafael Benitez’s side - against CSKA Sofia last August – since leaving Sevilla last summer.

“There is a verbal agreement between the three parties,” read a statement on Deportivo’s official website, canaldeportivo.com. “We still need to put it on paper before the deal is done.”