Liverpool beat Arsenal to highly-rated Polish teenager Mateusz Musialowski, it has been revealed.
The 17-year-old has been turning heads recently, having starred in a recent intra-club match at Kirkby.
The Reds signed from Musialowski from SMS Lodz last summer, and according to the Liverpool Echo, Arsenal were also interested in the young winger.
"When Musialowski played at Rakow Czestochowa, he drew some big club's attention," Polish-born Liverpool fan Karolina Kubek told the Echo.
"He was involved in a Legia Warsaw football training camp but his parents weren't sure about the move to Warsaw.
"They chose SMS Lodz instead that's because he could commute to Lodz twice a week for training and then for the third time for a weekend's match.
"In Warsaw, it was out of the question - he would have to move in - so basically his parents had an influence on his first steps.
"There were later many indications that he would go to Arsenal, where he was tested on a few occasions but their academy coaches weren't sure whether to sign him or not.
"Maybe they were waiting too long because Stellar Group (football agency) stepped in and sent him to Liverpool."
