Nigeria-born Dutch youth international and Liverpool rising star Bobby Adekanye is set to join Lazio on a free transfer at the end of the season according to reports.
The 19-year-old forward has taken the decision to run down his Reds contract, which will enable him to move to Serie A as a free agent next
summer.
Liverpool had been keen to extend Adekanye’s deal at Anfield, but were left frustrated by the delaying tactics of his agent, Junior Minguella, during negotiations.
Reports revealed that Minguella has negotiated a pre-contract agreement with Lazio which will take Adekanye to the Italian capital, earning the agent a hefty fee in the process. Sources say this deal was agreed as far back as November 2018, with Liverpool having only recently been made aware of the
situation.
Adekanye joined the Reds from Barcelona in 2015, and has been a regular fixture in their under-18, under-19 and under-23 sides
since.
He had previously played for both Ajax and PSV, and was a key member of Steven Gerrard’s under-19 team which reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Youth League last season. This season, he has started regularly for Neil Critchley’s under-23s.
