Liverpool win battle for 15-year-old ahead of Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea

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SportFootballLiverpool FCHighly-rated Liverpool teenager Josh Abe has decided to continue at the Academy despite interest from other clubsLiverpool have won the battle for the signature of highly-rated winger Josh Abe with the 15-year-old agreeing to continue his development at the Academy.Abe enjoyed a breakthrough season after making his under-18s debut in September under Simon Wiles, and went on to score eight times in 10 U18 Premier League North appearances until his campaign was ended prematurely due to a knee injury suffered when on international duty with England U16s in March.The teenager, who has been at Liverpool since the age of four, became the youngest player to feature for the Reds in the UEFA Youth League when he came off the bench for the round of 32 loss at MSK Zilina in Slovakia in February, and has also already trained with the first team.Those showings saw Abe catch the eye of a number of clubs including Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea, and he was earlier this year given a tour of Real Madrid's facilities having signed up with Tyler Alexander-Arnold's PLG Agency, who have recently been bought by Gersh.But Liverpool have been determined to keep hold of Abe with talks over his future having now been resolved with the attacker among the latest intake of first-year scholars at the Academy. He will then sign a first professional contract once he turns 17 in July next year.Abe is expected to be back fit for the start of pre-season and, given a number of senior squad members will be missing after World Cup commitments, could travel with the first team for the US tour next month.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!

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