Liverpool will seal a transfer package to sign Ecuador international defender Joel Ordonez from Club Brugge this week, after Chelsea were unwilling to match the Belgian side’s reported 30 million euro valuation. The 21-year-old centre-back is seen as one of Europe’s brightest defensive prospects and has already appeared 14 times for Ecuador’s national team, and will add defensive cover for Arne Slot’s squad ahead of the second half of the Premier League campaign.

​Liverpool will seal a transfer package to sign Ecuador international defender Joel Ordonez from Club Brugge this week, after Chelsea were unwilling to match the Belgian side’s reported 30 million euro valuation. The 21-year-old centre-back is seen as one of Europe’s brightest defensive prospects and has already appeared 14 times for Ecuador’s national team, and will add defensive cover for Arne Slot’s squad ahead of the second half of the Premier League campaign.