Liverpool have completed the signing of 16-year-old German youth international Melkamu Frauendorf from Hoffenheim.
The ECHO understands a deal was approved by the Football Association and Premier League inside the last two weeks.
And the attacking midfielder has now penned a scholarship agreement at Anfield.
Frauendorf will join up with Marc Bridge-Wilkinson and his under-18 side ahead of the new campaign after being capped by Germany at under-15 and u-16 level.
Hoffenheim will be owed training compensation for their development of the player.
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Frauendorf is the third highly-rated teenager to arrive at the academy in recent weeks.
Polish goalkeeper Fabian Mrozek from FC Wroclaw and SMS Lodz midfielder Mateusz Musiałowski both checked in earlier this summer.
Musialowski scored on his u-18 debut at the weekend as a Layton Stewart hat-trick and Tom Hill strike helped Liverpool to a resounding 5-0 victory over Crewe Alexandra.
