'Bony is desperate to complete £19m move to Liverpool,' claims Lewis

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Swansea striker Wilfried Bony is desperate to complete a £19million move to Liverpool, according to Daily Mirror football writer Darren Lewis.
talkSPORT told you last week the Reds had held talks with the Ivory Coast international about a move, despite there being no agreement on a fee between the clubs.
However, since then boss Brendan Rodgers appears to have switched his attentions to bringing in QPR striker Loic Remy, who Liverpool agreed an £8.5m fee for on Saturday.
And Lewis told Saturday Scoreboard: "You know the player I feel sorry for with this? Wilfried Bony, because he is desperate to go to Liverpool.
"He's got a £19m clause in his contract but Liverpool obviously looked at it and thought, 'why would we pay £19m for this guy when we've got a guy [Remy] here for £8.5m?'
Lewis continued: "He scored 14 goals last season, he's adapted to the Premier League and we know he's going to hit the ground running. We don't have to wait for him to find his feet in what is a very fast paced league, so we've got the player we want.
"With [Rickie] Lambert as well, they've got a guy with the right attitude and he's going to come off the bench and score goals. You wouldn't imagine Lambert starting too many games.
"No one player is going to replace Luis Suarez but what Liverpool have done is they've added straight away 20 goals between those two players to their team.
"And that's what they need to replace the goals they're losing with the absence of Luis Suarez."

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