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Liverpool are in talks to sign a new goalkeeper – but the rookie will be heading straight for the Kirkby Academy.

The Reds are keen to secure the services of 16-year-old Poland youth international Kamil Grabara.

The teenager currently plays for Polish top-flight outfit Ruch Chorzow.

Grabara is expected to travel to Merseyside later this week for further discussa ions with a view to undergoing a medical. If the transfer goes through he would become part of Neil Critchley's under-18s squad.

Club president Dariusz Smagorowicz said: “Grabara has been with us for 12 years.

“A few months ago we signed a contract with him to keep him until 2018, and now Liverpool want to have him.”

Reports in his homeland say the young shot-stopper has also attracted interest from both Manchester City and Manchester United.

Grabara would be following in the footsteps of fellow countryman Jerzy Dudek, who became a Kop legend with his heroics in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul.