Liverpool is on the verge of signing one of American soccer's brightest youth prospects, 17-year-old forward Brooks Lennon

More and more young American players are making moves to Europe in search of glory, and one of the nation's top youth prospects is ready to follow that trail.

U.S. Under-18 national team forward Brooks Lennon is in the final stages of completing a deal to join Premier League club Liverpool FC and is expected to sign this week, sources confirmed to Goal USA on Monday.

Lennon has been linked with Liverpool for some time, but after six months of speculation about the potential move, the Real Salt Lake academy product is now set to join the storied English club. Sources tell Goal that Lennon is close to receiving his Irish citizenship, which would pave the way for him to be eligible to play in the Premier League when he is ready to make the jump to the first team.

Liverpool has had American prospects before, such as Villyan Bijev and more recently Marc Pelosi, but neither wound up seeing first-team action for the club before leaving. Lennon will look to buck that trend, and he is considered a prospect capable of making the steep jump to Europe's top flight, though he will most likely start out with Liverpool's Under-19 squad.

Lennon is no stranger to Liverpool, having spent time with the club's youth team setup as far back as January 2014. He impressed enough during that time, and in subsequent visits, to earn a contract offer that will make him the latest young American to head overseas in pursuit of stardom.