Peter Ridsdale confirms details of Ben Davies' move to Premier League Liverpool from Preston North End

Davies is expected to complete a move Liverpool before the deadline this evening, with a fee agreed.

The 25-year-old academy product looked set to move north of the border to Scottish champions Celtic but the Reds moved in to take pole position.

Speaking to TalkSport about the deal, Ridsdale said: "We're very happy with the deal, given that the alternative was that he was going to go to Celtic for nothing.

"We do have an investment in his future because we do have a sell on clause.

"We're very happy with the deal we've done with Liverpool.

"From the young man's point of view, he's been outstanding for us and to get the chance to go to a club like Liverpool I think is brilliant.

"He's an outstanding young man, he's down to earth and very professional. At our level he's looked like a Rolls Royce.

"When he was in the academy I used to go and watch him play and he stood out and was by far the best player there.

"He then went on loan to York, Newport County and Fleetwood. He's got a lot of games under his belt at adult level before he started playing for us. He deserves this chance, he's a very good player.

The move would leave PNE with just two fit centre backs for the remainder of the season, but the club have that covered too.

Sepp van den Berg has been linked with a move to Deepdale and Ridsdale confirmed that there will be a Liverpool youngster making his way to PR1.

"We've done a deal to take on loan one of their young players," he said.

"This came about in part because we were enquiring about their player anyway and once everything is tied up today, there is a lot happening, we hope to get a player back on loan for the balance of this season as part of the deal."

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