Southampton and England striker Rickie Lambert will have a medical at Liverpool on Saturday after the clubs agreed a fee of about £4m plus add-ons.
The Liverpool-born forward will sign a two-year deal at the club where he spent five years as a youth player.
The 32-year-old has two years left on his Southampton contract.
Lambert, who is in the England squad for Friday’s World Cup warm-up match against Peru at Wembley, will fly to Miami with England on Sunday.
He scored 14 goals in 39 games this season, and has 117 in 235 appearances since joining Southampton from Bristol Rovers in 2009.
Southampton turned down one offer from Liverpool for Lambert, having rejected a similar bid from West Ham in January.
There has been interest in Lambert from other clubs, but it is understood he was only considering Liverpool.
Saints, without a manager following Mauricio Pochettino’s move to Tottenham, decided they would not stand in Lambert’s way if they received an acceptable offer.
Liverpool remain in talks with Southampton over England midfielder Adam Lallana, 26, and Croatia defender Dejan Lovren, 24.
They have also made an enquiry for Sevilla full-back Alberto Moreno, 21, and said they are willing to pay as much as £16m for the player.
Saints have turned down one offer for Lallana and will resume talks with Manchester United on Friday over the sale of left-back Luke Shaw.
Southampton are under no financial pressure to sell and are determined not to be forced into sanctioning deals by suitors keen to make signings before the World Cup in Brazil.
BBC SPORT
