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Liverpool are chasing a couple of 16-year-old South American starlets according to reports.

Ecuadorian defender Josue Mauricio Quinonez has joined the Reds on trial say his club Independiente Valle through their Twitter account.

They posted an image of Liverpool's request to take the youngster on trial plus a photo of him flying to England.

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Quinonez will now join Liverpool's Under-21 pre-season training camp in Germany and he will spend 12 days with the Reds say the Express who have also linked Jurgen Klopp's side to highly-rated Uruguayan youngster Juan Manuel Sanabria.

Their report claims that Barcelona have stepped up their interest in the midfielder and the La Liga Champions are now set for talks with his club Nacional.

However, they face stiff competition from Premier League trio Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea.

The Reds invited Sanabria for a trial last summer along with team-mate Agustin Pereira and the pair spent two weeks at the club's Kirkby academy.

Meanwhile, the Daily Star reckon West Ham United are willing to make an offer for Barcelona's Thomas Vermaelen after a move to Liverpool failed to materialise.

Catalan newspaper Sport claimed back in April that the Reds had made a formal approach for the 30-year-old but with Jurgen Klopp seemingly now looking elsewhere, Slaven Bilic looks ready to swoop for the former Arsenal defender.