The Premier League has handed Liverpool a two-year ban on signing
academy players
from other clubs and a £100,000 fine, for a breach of
rules.
Liverpool approached a 12-year-old academy player at Stoke City last
September. They made an application to register him and compensation was
agreed, before it was rejected by the Premier League Board.
An investigation revealed that the Reds spoke to the youngster and
his family before they should have and also paid for him and some of his
family to watch a match at Anfield.
Liverpool also offered to pay the player’s school fees, a move which
is clearly a breach of new regulations. The Premier League frowns at the
offer of any inducements from clubs to encourage a transfer.
The Merseyside club will be banned from signing any academy players
who have been registered with a Premier League or EFL club in the
previous 18 months.
This second year of the ban will be suspended for a three-year period.
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