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Confirmed: Liverpool beat PSV to sign banned Barcelona youngster Bobby Adekanye
LIVERPOOL have signed Barcelona youngster Bobby Adekanye.
Bobby Adekanye has signed for Liverpool
The 16-year-old posted a picture of himself at the club on his Instagram account.
He wrote: "I am very happy to sign for Liverpool."
Nigeria-born Adekanye was brought up in Holland and was one of the Barca youth signings that caused a rift between the club and FIFA over their recruitment policy.
Barca were banned from making transfers until 2016 after FIFA ruled Adekanye had been signed illegally from Ajax at the age of 12 in 2011.
Adekanye was therefore banned from playing for Barca and was sent out on loan to PSV.
The Eindhoven club made efforts to retain Adekanye on a permanent basis but Liverpool have come in to snap up the winger.
He becomes Liverpool's seventh singing of the summer and follows Nathaniel Clyne in committing his future to the club this week.