According to the Finnish newspaper IS Urheilu, Liverpool have finally manged to sign talented 16 year old Lauri Della Valle.

The club has been tracking the highly rated midfield for over a year with Academy Head of Recruitment Malcolm Elias making several trips to convince him.

Chelsea were reportedly interested and offered him a huge salary whilst he also had a spell at Inter before returning to Finland because of homesickness, it seems that he has opted for Liverpool and will join at the start of January.

Story spotted on the RAWK forum.