Liverpool have confirmed the signing of teenage defender Sepp van den Berg from PEC Zwolle.
The Reds will pay an initial fee of €1.5million (£1.3m), though their outlay could rise by a further €3.5m in add-ons in the coming years.
Those extras are contingent on Van den Berg making as many as 350 league and European appearances at Anfield.
Should the 17-year-old achieve those landmarks then he will have delivered on the considerable promise that saw him chased by a number of clubs this summer.
Bayern Munich and PSV Eindhoven were two of the sides keenly pursuing the young Dutchman before he opted for a move to Merseyside.
Liverpool’s recruitment team have likened his potential to that of Joe Gomez, who has developed into a top-class central defender since a £3.5m move from Charlton in 2015.
Coincidentally, the pair share the same representation, a factor which may well have swung the chase for Van den Berg in the Reds’ favour.
