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Liverpool FC youngster Sergi Canos has backed his decision to leave boyhood team Barcelona - and hopes he can now realise his “dream” of playing first team football at Anfield.

The 18-year-old Spaniard says he made the right choice in leaving swapping the Camp Nou for Merseyside because the path to senior football is easier in England.

He told Spanish newspaper Sport: “I thought that it was the best decision. Liverpool offered me things at a sporting level that Barça didn’t.

“That is what I decided and it is why I am working hard every day. I am searching for my dream. Every time I go to Anfield, every time, my hairs stand up on the back of my neck and I get goosebumps seeing how the fans support Liverpool.

“If I feel that from the stands, imagine how it feels for the players when they play. It’s a unique feeling to experience a game at Anfield.

“I was also influenced by the fact my family could come with me and my younger sister could study and learn English here.

“It was a dream to play for Barça, so it was difficult to leave my life there, but now I am happy with the decision I took and happy to be here in Liverpool.”

Canos signed for Liverpool in 2013 after impressing at youth level for Barcelona. He moved to Liverpool’s academy in Kirkby before making the step-up to Michael Beale’s under-21 side this season.

Canos admits it was difficult adjusting to life in England but says he is now settled on Merseyside and ready to show Reds fans why he was rated one of the best prospects at Barcelona’s famed La Masia Academy.

He said: “It’s going really well. Now, better than ever. To be honest, it was difficult at first, but now I feel 100 percent adapted. Now I feel like myself and most importantly I am happy.

“I’ve had good time, but also times which weren’t so good, but thanks to God and my family, everything has been overcome and I am happy with how things are going.

“This year I did preseason with the U21s, which is the reserve team. Then I dropped back to the U18s and in December I went back up to the U21s. I have been there ever since.

“We are really close to the first team and train with them a lot. I think that is one of the best things about being here.”