Liverpool complete signing of Portuguese playmaker

Published on February 2, 2012 by Matthew Wood · 1 Comment

Liverpool have completed the signing of young Portuguese playmaker Joao Carlos Teixeira from Sporting Lisbon, according to talkSPORT.

Teixeira, 19, first came to Liverpool’s attention during a NextGen youth match at Anfield where the teenager impressed and scored at the Kop end in a 3-0 success for the away side.

Sporting’s young side took on Liverpool back in October and it was Teixeira who opened the scoring for the visitors with a neat finish. While Sporting were apparently keen on keeping the player, the club have financial issues and are happy for one of their hottest prospects – who has been compared to Deco – to leave Portugal.

A previous report from the Guardian has suggested that Liverpool will pay Sporting around £1m for the talented youngster.

It is unknown whether Teixeira will be given his chance in the first-team this campaign but he is certainly a player that Kenny Dalglish will look to implement in the future.

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Tags: Joao Carlos Teixeira, Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon

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Chris poole says:

February 2, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Just wot we need a play maker so hopefully he makes it at lfc

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