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The Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish, is close to bringing in Marco Bueno and Nacho. Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA
The Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish, is close to bringing in Marco Bueno and Nacho. Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA

Liverpool close in on young strikers Marco Bueno and Nacho

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Bueno set for 10-day trial with view to long-term contract
Reports in Spain say club have agreed deal for Nacho

The Mexico Under-17 striker Marco Bueno is set to arrive at Liverpool next month with a view to signing what may be a five-year contract.

His current club Pachuca held a meeting with the player and his parents on Monday to agree arrangements, with the youngster reportedly due on Merseyside some time between 10 and 12 August to begin training with the reserves.

"A pre-contract with the parents and Bueno was signed to be sent to Liverpool," the Pachuca vice-president, Andrés Fassi, told El Universal. "So we are accepting the 10-day trial and the conditions, if the English decide to keep him."

Bueno, talking about the prospective move to Merseyside, said: "I have to face it with great motivation and commitment to represent the country in the best way, and with faith that everything is achievable. It's a life experience that I will never forget, I'm very excited about that and will give my best. Where the opportunity arises I will make the most."

Reports in the Spanish media also claim Liverpool have secured a deal for the Albacete youngster Nacho, who had a successful trial with the club's under-18s earlier this month. The Spanish press say the Reds have paid £150,000 up front for the striker with a further £350,000 of potential add-ons, plus a 15% sell-on fee.

Villarreal, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid and Málaga were all reportedly interested in the player.

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