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Twitter trolls threatened the three-year-old daughter of Raheem Sterling after news of his move from Liverpool FC to Manchester City was announced.

Merseyside Police are investigating after the 20-year-old was the subject of online abuse following the news that the Reds had agreed a £49m deal with the Etihad club.

One Twitter user, with the name @xRaheemGo, tweeted: “Sleep with one eye open you disloyal t***, hug your daughter harder than you ever have before because I am coming for her.”

Another, called @bestellia, wrote: “I’m going to hunt your daughter down and lock her up.”

He and others also directed racist abuse at the England international.

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A Merseyside Police spokesman said: “The language used in these tweets is abhorrent.

“We are taking the incident extremely seriously and an investigation by detectives in Liverpool CID is on-going.

“People who use the internet to target others and who commit criminal offences such as harassment or hate crime in doing so are not beyond the law and can expect to be brought to justice.”

Sterling, who was made aware of the tweets by police, will complete the transfer to Manchester City subject to a medical and agreeing personal terms.