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Liverpool have been fined £100,000 and handed a two-year academy transfer ban, with the second year suspended, for the "tapping up" of a Stoke youngster.
The Premier League has announced the club will be prohibited from signing any academy players who have been registered with a Premier League or EFL club in the preceding 18 months.
Although the ban is for two years the second 12 months has been suspended for a three-year period and will only be activated in the event of any further similar breach by the club.
A brief statement from Liverpool said: "The club accepts the sanction."

Blessing in disguise because The Academy has for a long time now produced only chaff!
Plucking young kids from the environments they know has definitely scuppered their progression with us. We should be scouring local talent because their hopes and dreams are built on very real affinity for the club and city. It is no coincidence that since we've been without local lads playing for us we have gone backwards.

I would also point out that FSG pretty much knew this was going to happen and have tried to take advantage of this ban by feeding one of their trusted confidants in the press a few weeks ago, their intention to give Klopp a BIGGER than normal transfer kitty next summer for the acquisition of 1st team players!