Paletta set for Liverpool talks (10 Feb 2006 01:35 GMT)
Argentine club Banfield say defender Gabriel Paletta will travel to England at the weekend to open talks about a summer move to Liverpool.
Paletta, 20, helped Argentina win the Under-20 World Cup in 2005.
"Paletta will travel to England to discuss terms with Liverpool club executives," it said on their website. "He will travel on Sunday after the game against River Plate. The English club want him to undergo a medical before discussing personal terms."
Paletta is hoping to get the chance to prove himself in the Premiership.
He said: "It would be a great opportunity. It would be a good move for the club as well as for me."
Banfield president Carlos Portell added in Argentina newspaper Ole: "The discussions are very advanced. The only remaining things to be sorted are the minor details but I don't think they will be a problem. God willing, we will have everything sorted out before the end of the weekend."
Ole reports the transfer fee to be in the region of £2m.
source : BBC