Ragnar Klavan Completes Cagliari Transfer from Liverpool on Serie A Deadline Day

Liverpool centre-back Ragnar Klavan completed his move to Serie A side Cagliari on Friday, the final day of the Italian transfer window. 

Chris Shaw of the Reds' official website confirmed the news.

The Anfield outfit signed Klavan on a three-year deal from Augsburg in 2016 for €5 million (£4.2 million) plus add-ons.

He sporadically impressed but was only granted 31 starts over the last two full Premier League seasons.

Per Vavel's Mootaz Chehade, Liverpool's defence has improved hugely since the January addition of Virgil van Dijk, and Klavan is not high on the list of candidates to partner the Dutchman:

Joe Gomez played alongside Van Dijk on Sunday as Liverpool opened their 2018-19 Premier League season with a resounding 4-0 win over West Ham United.

Meanwhile, Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip are also above Klavan in the centre-back pecking order under Klopp.

Barring a major injury crisis, it is unlikely Klavan would have been afforded much game time if he stayed at Anfield for the new campaign.

He is not quite at a high enough level to be a starting centre-back at a club with designs on winning the Premier League.

But he could well be an asset for a Cagliari side likely to be battling it out in the bottom half of Serie A again this term.