Cliftonville striker to finalise move

Cliftonville expect the future of striker Rory Donnelly to be sorted out by Friday with Swansea, Liverpool and Everton all hoping to sign the player.

The Irish League club has accepted an offer of around £100,000 from Swansea while the player also held talks with Liverpool on Tuesday.

Cliftonville chairman Gerard Lawlor said that the club had received offers from "Swansea and two other clubs".

These are understood to be Liverpool and Everton.

"It's now up to Rory and his representative to make the decision about which club he is going to," added Lawlor after Cliftonville's victory over Donegal Celtic on Wednesday night when Donnelly was an unused substitute.

"We expect it to be resolved before Friday."

Arsenal representative Steve Morrow attended Wednesday's Carling Premiership game with a view to seeing Donnelly in action but the striker did not come off the bench.

A scout from Leicester was also present at the match in the hope of seeing Donnelly play.

Liverpool manager Dalglish contacted the the Irish League club on Sunday to register his interest in the prolific 19-year-old.

"We've registered our interest, that's as far as it goes," Dalglish said.

The Belfast club want Donnelly's future to be finalised before Christmas.

Donnelly has already met with Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers and Everton manager David Moyes.

Rodgers said on Monday that he was confident of signing the Northern Ireland Under-21 international.

The forward has scored 17 goals this season, several of them spectacular, leading to interest from several clubs.

Source: BBC Sport

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