Paul Konchesky looks to be heading from Fulham to
Liverpool with Reds boss Roy Hodgson confident the left-back will
be arriving before the transfer window closes on
Tuesday.
Asked if he expected the deal, which sees Liverpool youth player
Lauri Dalla Valle go the other way, completed before Tuesday,
Hodgson told reporters: "I hope so.
"One of our young players, a very talented young lad that Fulham
have fancied for a long time, is going in the other direction and
that's holding it up a little because he has to have a medical.
"I'm sincerely hoping it's just a technical hitch and that Paul
will sign in the next couple of days."
Hodgson was speaking after the Red's 1-0 win over West Brom on
Sunday, and had to fend off more questions surrounding transfer
targets.
On Swedish forward Ola Toivonen he said: "No. Unlikely. He's a
good player but not the profile I'm looking for."
And on the future of Lucas Leiva, Hodgson was unsure. "It's a
bit late in the day, that's for sure. I'm not anxious to be getting
rid of any players this late in the day," he said.
