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Liverpool close in on Lisbon starlet

18th Jan 2012 - Media Watch  Daily Mail

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Liverpool are close to clinching a deal for Portugal U19 playmaker Joao Carlos Teixeira.

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The Sporting Lisbon youngster starlet grabbed Liverpool's attention by scoring against them in the NextGen - a Champions League-style tournament for youth teams.

Teixeira, who has just turned 19, is set to sign on at Merseyside for a deal worth up to just £850,000, according to Portuguese newspaper Record.

The playmaker, who has come through the same academy as Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Figo and Paulo Futre, was reportedly targeted at the insistence of Liverpool's academy technical manager Jose Segura.

Teixeira has shown enough promise to train with Sporting's first-team this season, but has yet to make his senior debut.

Source: Daily Mail

This story has been reproduced from today's media. It does not necessarily represent the position of Liverpool Football Club.

This story has been reproduced from today's media. It does not necessarily represent the position of Liverpool Football Club.

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Author: Daily Mail
Tagged: Joao Carlos Teixeira , Sporting Lisbon , Teixeira



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seems like a good buy, but please please get another ready made striker, we need one for this season not seasons to come. I can see a good future for the players we have and are getting in at youth level but they will go if we dont start winning things
dan62
18th Jan 2012 12:12
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