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Liverpool have beaten a host of Premier League clubs to the signature of highly-rated England youth international Diego Lattie.

The Reds made their move after it emerged that Manchester City hadn’t offered the 16-year-old right-back a new contract.

Manchester United, Everton, Norwich, Stoke, Sunderland and Aston Villa had also shown an interest in the Stockport youngster, who had been on City’s books since the age of nine.

However, the boyhood Liverpool fan jumped at the opportunity to join the club’s Kirkby Academy and has penned a three-year deal.

With Manchester City having agreed to release him, Lattie has already started training with the Reds’ under-16s squad and will make the step up to Neil Critchley’s under-18s squad in pre-season.

The defender had long since been on Liverpool’s radar having played against them in recent years and Academy staff moved quickly after it became clear he could be snapped up without the club having to pay a compensation fee.

Lattie is an England Under-17s international, who made his debut at that level against Italy last August.