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Liverpool U21 captain Cameron Brannagan has signed a new long-term deal at Anfield.

The highly-rated midfielder made his senior debut for the club when introduced as a substitute in the Europa League away tie at Bordeaux by Brendan Rodgers earlier this season.

The 19-year-old has been on the first team bench a further seven times between last season and this, as well as continuing to captain Michael Beale’s U21 squad.

Brannagan forms an excellent link between midfield and attack, with an eye for one-twos and combinations around the box and with goals in his locker too.

He did not appear in the last two U21 squads against Sunderland and Tottenham, as Jurgen Klopp apparently preferred to have a closer look at the young players in training at Melwood.

The Salford-born player has been with the Reds since the U9s team and the ECHO understands the new deal will keep him at Anfield until 2018.

Brannagan's current deal would have run out at the end of this season leading to speculation that he could have moved on but the player was always keen to stay at Liverpool.

An initial offer of a one-year extension was made but his representatives finally settled on an extra two years with the club, the ECHO understands.