Liverpool close on two more deals as transfer business intensifies

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SportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool are continuing to assess their Academy options for the season with a number of loan moves and permanent departuresLiverpool midfielder Kyle Kelly is close to agreeing a loan move to Forest Green Rovers as the Reds continue to assess their Academy options for the campaign.Kelly is expected to spend the season at the National League team, who are managed by former Wales international Robbie Savage.The 20-year-old, who has been at the Liverpool Academy since 2018, put pen to paper on a new one-year deal earlier this month after uncertainty over his future with his contract up this summer.He was hampered by injury for the first half of the last Premier League 2 campaign but became a regular in the defensive midfield role from the New Year onwards.While yet to feature in a senior club game, Kelly has the rare distinction of already being a full international having made his debut for St Kitts and Nevis in March 2024, and scored his first goal for the country in March.Another Academy midfielder, 21-year-old Tommy Pilling, is also on the move, and is likely to complete a permanent transfer in the coming days to Slovakian top tier side MFK Zemplin Michalovce.Pilling has been at the Academy since he was five years old and progressed through the youth ranks. He played for the senior team in a friendly against Athletic Bilbao last summer and has trained with the first team on a regular basis.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!

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