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Bobby Duncan's agent Saif Rubie has deleted his Twitter account following major backlash on the social media site in response to staggering claims about Liverpool by the representative.

Rubie posted an explosive tweet on Wednesday - for a brief time endorsed by Duncan in the form of a quote tweet - outlining a host of claims against Liverpool and sporting director Michael Edwards.

Among the allegations were that the club were keeping the player against his will, Duncan would never play for the Reds again and the 18-year-old is suffering mental health problems as a consequence of his treatment by Liverpool and Edwards.

Liverpool responded to the "unfounded allegations" by Duncan's agent and vowed to continue working with the youngster to resolve what has become an unseemly issue in a strongly-worded statement.

A reaction from Liverpool fans - and former players such as legend Jamie Carragher - was pretty unanimous as they rounded on the representative and suggested Duncan had been poorly advised.

As you can see in the pictures below, this was part of the exchange between Rubie and Carragher.

Reds supporters also highlighted a number of tweets by Rubie outlining some of his controversial views on sensitive issues.

However, now all that can be found under Rubie's Twitter account is a message reading "this account doesn't exist".

The Reds this week rejected an approach from Fiorentina to take Duncan on loan for the season with an option to make the deal permanent for £1.6million next summer.

Academy director Alex Inglethorpe turned down the offer from the Serie A side, with Liverpool having already dismissed a loan move for the 18-year-old from Danish club FC Nordsjaelland.

That followed with Duncan 's representative, football agent Rubie, releasing the original statement on Twitter before the backlash.