The president of Ivorian club Stade d’Abidjan has claimed Liverpool are after their young striker Angban Bekanty Victorien.
Various sources in the Ivory Coast report that the teenager has caught the eye of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, and that the Reds have already agreed a fee with the African outfit for the player, whose age is variously reported as between 14 and 16.
However, his current club have been quick to quash any such reports as premature.
“Liverpool has not agreed anything with me yet, I have nothing written,” Stade d’Abidjan president Abi Koffi Richmond told skysports.com.
“They are a great club and respected club, I do not need to tell them how to do their work.
“I have contact from them through some agents but they are not the only club interested in the boy.”
The Ivorian would not be the first player from the Ivory Coast Under-17 squad to move to the Premier League this summer; U-17 World Cup top goalscorer Souleymane Coulibaly joined Tottenham earlier this week.
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Stade d’Abidjan claim Liverpool are interested in their teenage prodigy Angban Bekanty Victorien