Linked with Newcastle, Liverpool man Ragnar Klavan would have cost just £2m

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Newcastle were linked with a deadline-day move for Liverpool rock Klavan.

Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan is reportedly set to leave the Premier League outfit and join Serie A outfit Cagliari this summer for just £2million – despite being linked with a deadline-day move to Newcastle United.

The Liverpool Echo have claimed Liverpool have accepted a £2million offer from Cagliari for the 32-year-old, and a move is expected to be confirmed sooner rather than later.

The Evening Chronicle, though, claim that Rafa Benitez had asked Newcastle to sign the Estonia international ahead of deadline-day – something that failed to materialise.

But it remains to be seen why Newcastle decided against buying the former Augsburg hardman, with Liverpool willing to offload the defender for a tiny fee of £2million – as he has entered the final 12 months of his contract at Anfield.

Newcastle desperately needed a new centre-back this summer after the injury to Florian Lejeune, and that saw them land Federico Fernandez from Swansea City on deadline day for a fee believed to be in the region of £6million.

But owner Mike Ashley could have saved a whole wedge of cash by landing Klavan for a bargain £2million. Instead, Klavan looks likely to be off to Italy after Cagliari had a six-figure offer accepted.