Liverpool have won the race to sign 16-year-old left winger Bobby Adekanye, seeing off competition from a number of clubs for the Dutchman.
Long tipped for the top, Adekanye left his native Holland, swapping Ajax's youth academy for that at Spanish giants Barcelona, at the tender age of just 12.
Ajax wanted Adekanye back, while PSV Eindhoven were also chasing the starlet. But his career is continuing in England, where he has signed up with Liverpool.
Adekanye's agent Josep María Minguella Junior explained to Dutch magazine Voetbal International: "It is 95 per cent certain that Bobby is leaving for Liverpool.
"Ajax and PSV were also options, but ultimately the choice in this case is the Premier League; the biggest competition in the world", the agent added.
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The youngster had been prevented from playing for Barcelona due to a FIFA ban imposed on the Camp Nou giants and as a result chose a temporary loan switch to PSV. He would have only been able to play for Barcelona again from January 2016.
A return to Barcelona was deemed not viable, much to the Catalan giants' disappointment and the talent is instead heading to Liverpool, something which is a feather in the English club's cap.
And the player's agent says that he is impressed by the road map the Reds have laid out for his client's progression.
Minguella Junior said: "Liverpool's confidence is great.
"If Bobby continues to develop as over the past few years, they see him as a first team player.
"He starts with the Under-18 team and the club have a plan that is mapped out to tutor him to get him into the first team in a few years."
Adekanye has been capped by the Netherlands at Under-16 level.
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