According to reports from Spain over the past 24 hours, one Liverpool player appears to have taken a significant step closer to the Anfield exit door.<\/p>\n
Paul Joyce claimed (via The Times<\/a>) that the LaLiga outfit are hopeful of paying just \u20ac5m (\u00a34.2m) for the 31-year-old, who the Reds would be willing to sell, according to Mick Brown for Football Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Wednesday evening, Spanish outlet AS<\/a> reported (via Football Espana<\/a>) that Atletico have now agreed personal terms with the Liverpool defender in their pursuit of a new left-back.<\/p>\n The powerbrokers at the Metropolitano are aware that Robertson is keen on moving to Madrid and that their club can offer him \u2018everything he wants\u2019.<\/p>\n The next step in the process is for the two clubs to agree a fee, although it\u2019s claimed that this should be relatively straightforward.<\/p>\n (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n We\u2019d be inclined to wait for sources closer to home to corroborate this report from AS, but the direction of travel certainly seems to be that the Scotland captain will Liverpool after eight tremendous years in which he was one of the world\u2019s best players in his position at his peak.<\/p>\n His creative output may have diminished last season (just two assists<\/a>) and there were some occasional horror shows (such as Arsenal away and Fulham at home), but Robertson was still an integral figure in the Reds winning a second Premier League title in six years.<\/p>\n With Milos Kerkez set to arrive from Bournemouth<\/a> and become an immediate starter under Arne Slot, and wtih the long-serving 31-year-old coming into the final year of his contract<\/a> at Anfield, perhaps there\u2019s a sense that the timing is right for him to take on a new personal and professional challenge in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n Even at that and even considering his 2017 acquisition for just \u00a310m<\/a>, to see him leave for less than half that amount will be sore for Liverpool fans to take.<\/p>\n For everything that he\u2019s given to the club, though, we wouldn\u2019t begrudge Robertson the opportunity to test himself elsewhere if that is indeed his preference. Now that personal terms seem to have been sorted, we imagine that agreement on a fee would be reached quite quickly.<\/p>\n