Liverpool sign two bright prospects from Sunderland

Liverpool have signed two youth players from Sunderland, according to club owner Stewart Donald.

Donald revealed the information during a podcast interview by the Roker Report, though he didn’t reveal the identities of the two youngsters in question.

The Sunderland boss was apparently frustrated that the club weren’t able to hold on to their two prospects, complaining that bigger clubs hold more sway in such situations.

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“We are having our players poached. There are two players who will go to Liverpool,” Donald said.

“We tried to keep them. We said to the parents ‘If you really want to go you have to put it in writing’. The parents have written in and said ‘Thank you Sunderland, we want our lads to go to Liverpool’.

“We could turn around and make that awkward and then they will go in the summer anyway.

“Or we can talk to Liverpool and try and get sell-ons, which they don’t have to give us. Both of those lads, because of the relationship we’ve got with Liverpool which could see some players come in the other direction, we’ve opted for a good working relationship (with).

“We’ve asked them if they will stay and they said no. So we made a commercial decision to try and get the best arrangement.”

The Reds have a history of bringing players up from the Academy to the first team, with Trent Alexander-Arnold one of the more recent success stories at the club.

It remains to be seen who the pair of new Liverpool signings actually are.

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