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Aston Villa are reportedly set to miss out on Coventry City youngster Sam McCallum.

Liverpool are in line to win the race for the highly-rated versatile full-back, report 90min.com , with Villa's Premier League rivals Manchester City, Chelsea and Leicester City also interested in the 19-year-old.

Villa had been linked with a move for the youngster , who is said to have attracted scouts to Coventry's temporary home of St Andrew's stadium - the home of Birmingham City - because of his impressive performances this season.

A massive twenty sides reportedly sent representatives to keep tabs on him, but it is Liverpool who are set to sign McCallum and then loan him back to the Sky Blues.

Leicester, the report adds, hoped they had an advantage on Liverpool and their rivals because of his time at the Jamie Vardy 'V9' Academy.

Villa currently have Matt Targett and Neil Taylor as their first-team left-backs, the former starting matches.

McCallum has impressed this season, making 18 appearances in all competitions for Mark Robins' seventh-placed side in League One as they vie for a play-off place.

The report adds that Klopp's side see him as the ideal backup for Andy Robertson, with the 25-year-old one of the top full-backs in the world.

It is said he could end up becoming the Scotland international's long-term replacement.

McCallum began his career in non-league at Kent-based side Herne Bay before moving to the Sky Blues in August last year.