Lazar Markovic 'agrees Sporting Lisbon loan'

Liverpool attacker Lazar Markovic has reportedly agreed to join Sporting Lisbon on a season-long loan.

It had previously been claimed that the 22-year-old, who spent the 2015-16 campaign on loan at Fenerbahce, had decided to remain in England this season and fight for a spot in Jurgen Klopp's XI.

However, according to a number of reports, the Serbian international has performed a late U-turn and will now join Portuguese side Sporting on a season-long loan deal.

Newcastle United had previously been credited with an interest in the winger, who joined Liverpool from Benfica in the summer of 2014.

It is understood that Liverpool will not make any late moves in the final hours of the transfer window.