Liverpool have signed former Barcelona defender Juanma following a successful trial – subject to a medical – reports the Liverpool Echo.
The 19-year-old has spent ten days with Michael Beale’s U23 side and has sufficiently impressed the Reds staff enough to earn a contract.
Subject to a medical, the left-back will sign and remain with Beales’ youngsters for the coming season, which starts with a home game against Southampton on Saturday.
Juanma came through the youth ranks at Barcelona, playing as a left-back and centre-back during his time at La Masia, where he also captained the youth team on six ocassions.
Speaking of the player last month, Beale said, “Juanma is a boy who’s come in to spend the week with us with a view to maybe seeing more of him.
“He’s only had a couple of days training with us, speaks very little English but you can see a very good player.
“He was at Barcelona so we’ll have a look and see how we go with him. He played with Madger Gomes and Pedro Chirivella with Spain so we’re quite familiar with him.
“He’s very versatile and can play in different positions because technically he’s very good.
“I quite like him, he reminds he a little bit of someone like a Pablo Zabaleta-type player, a nice player.”
