Newcastle set to sign Liverpool youngster Remi Savage
According to the Chronicle Live, Liverpool youngster, Remi Savage is set to sign for Premier League rivals Newcastle United on a three-year contract.
A product of the Liverpool youth setup, the centre-back has featured 33 times for the club’s Under-18 outfit and was a regular for the reserves in the season gone by, during which he appeared 19 times in the Premier League 2. (h/t Transfermarkt)
Savage signed a professional deal with Liverpool in June last year, after having been part of the Reds’ side that won the FA Youth Cup in 2019.
However, he has never made a first-team appearance for the Reds. Savage’s contract with Liverpool, though, expires at the end of this month. And now, Newcastle United have made a play to sign the 19-year-old centre-half.
The report claims that the Magpies have offered Savage a three-year professional contract. And the sources within the club are confident that the deal will be agreed upon and an announcement will be made imminently.
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Savage is expected to be part of the Under-23 setup and will work with Chris Hogg and Peter Ramage’s reserve team. Over the course of his contract, though, the central defender, who can also play at left-back, is expected to challenge for the first-team.
A young prospect with potential, Savage’s time at Liverpool looks set to come to an end soon. Considering that there are a host of central defenders ahead of him in the pecking order at the club, a pathway to the first-team was always going to be difficult.
It will be interesting to see if he is able to break into the Magpies’ senior side.
