Liverpool will follow the £5.1m signing of Marko Grujic by adding another teenager to their ranks in the form of the Polish goalkeeper Kamil Grabara.
The highly rated 16-year-old, who turns 17 on Friday, had trials with Manchester United and Manchester City after attracting widespread attention at Ruch Chorzow but has agreed a move to Anfield for an initial £250,000.
Grabara, a Poland Under-17 international, was at Melwood on Wednesday to undergo a medical and finalise terms.
He is expected to go straight into the academy system at Liverpool and follows the signing of the 19-year-old Grujic from Red Star Belgrade. The 19-year-old Grujic has signed a four-and-a-half year deal at Anfield but will be loaned back to Serbia’s league leaders for the remainder of the season.
“We’re very pleased because Marko is a big talent and we’ve seen him a lot of times,” Klopp told Liverpool’s website. “When I came here, our scouts showed me some footage of a very skilled player from Red Star Belgrade. We watched it, we spoke to him, we met each other – he’s a good boy, a young boy but plays an important role at Red Star, who are the best team in Serbia.”
Liverpool are also considering their options for a central defender in January having finished Tuesday’s Capital One Cup semi-final win at Stoke City with all of their available, experienced options injured. Tiago Ilori is expected to return from Aston Villa once his season-long loan deal is cancelled but is not viewed as a long-term solution while Joël Matip, the Schalke defender who is out of contract in the summer, has yet to decide on his future.
