Liverpool beat Man Utd, Chelsea and Man City in teenage wonderkid transfer battle

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Liverpool have won the race to secure a very highly rated winger. (Image: Getty Images)Liverpool have won the race to secure the services of highly-coveted winger Josh Abe, with the 15-year-old committing his future to the club's academy.

Get Liverpool FC news, fixtures, results and transfer gossip plus selected offers and competitions Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Earlier this year he was also given a tour of Real Madrid's facilities, having signed with Tyler Alexander-Arnold's PLG Agency, which was recently acquired by Gersh.However, Liverpool were resolute in their determination to retain Abe, and negotiations over his future have now been concluded, with the youngster among the latest intake of first-year scholars at the academy.

He is set to put pen to paper on his first professional contract once he turns 17 in July next year.Abe is expected to return to full fitness ahead of pre-season and, with several senior squad players set to be absent following World Cup commitments, could feature in the first-team party for next month's tour of the United States.Josh Abe celebrating his hat-trick in the Liverpool academy. (Image: Getty Images)Abe, looking to follow in the footsteps of Alexander-Arnold, Curtis Jones, Conor Bradley and Jarrell Quansah as recent academy graduates, is a left-footed right-winger.He excells at taking his man on, not dissimilar to Ryo Ngumoha, and has been compared to Callum Hudson-Odoi.