Young striker Marvin Pourie has returned home to Germany where he will join Schalke 04, according to Ruhr Nachrichten. This move had been rumoured for some time, and last November the same paper had published a story claiming that Liverpool wanted around €2 million for him but the rumours are that the actual fee paid by the German club is closer to €150,000.

Pourie had joined Liverpool from Schalke's local rivals Borussia Dortmund after he fell out with youth team coach Edwin Boekamp. At the academy, Pourie had often impressed with his skill but wasn't seen as being a team player. Indeed, this season he had struggled to nail down a regular place in the U18 side where Nathan Ecclestone and Lauri Della Valle were seen as the preferred starting duo upfront.