​Liverpool have taken a positive step in slowing down young stars' jump to stardom and having 'too much too soon' by capping a youth player's yearly earnings to £40,000, according to the Telegraph.





The Merseyside club have taken the initiative following reports of young talents being caught up in the footballer's lifestyle with extortionate amounts of money at such a young age, affecting their performances on the pitch and overall development.

Therefore, players under the age of 17 will not earn more than £40,000-per-year in their first season as a professional footballer at the club. This figure can increase, but only through merit, such as by making appearances for the U23 side, making their senior debut for the first team or impressing while out on loan at another side.





This will be introduced in order to implement an incentive for the younger players to push through the club's youth system, rather than leave elsewhere for monetary gain.





Speaking of the new system, Liverpool boss Klopp suggested that using the boys in the academy will always be his first priority, stating: "B efore we sign a player who isn't a lot better than what we already have, we will always use our own boys.

"We want to be this special club," says Jurgen Klopp. The Liverpool boss outlines his long-term vision. | @ghostgoal https://t.co/UzMDspXpiY pic.twitter.com/0Fivt1c2SE — Sky Football ⚽️ (@SkyFootball) October 13, 2016

"That's how the future should be, even in the crazy football transfer world. We want to be this special club."





The Reds are not the first side to introduce this scheme into their academy systems, as fellow Premier League sides Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton, renowned for their development of talented youth players, have implemented a similar scheme.





However, clubs who will stick to this economic promise face losing some of their most talented youth players to other clubs, with some Premier League clubs offering as much as £11,000-per-week to teenagers to convince them to join.





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