Icelander Emilsson joins Liverpool
Reuters - Thursday 10 December 2009, 17:20
REYKJAVIK - Icelandic 16-year-old Kristjan
Gauti Emilsson - scouted by Manchester United and Rangers - has joined Liverpool on a three-year contract,
his club FH said on Thursday.
Club chairman Jon Halldorson confirmed the move to Reuters
but no details of the deal were disclosed.
"Liverpool made me an offer that I couldn't refuse. It's
just like a dream come true," Emilsson told Icelandic news
website www.mbl.is.
Emilsson trained with Liverpool last month and was offered a
contract. He had been watched by other clubs, including
Manchester United, Glasgow Rangers and IFK Gothenburg.
Emilsson has not played for Iceland's first team but has
represented the national under-17, under-18 and under-19 sides.
He will be the third Icelander to play for Liverpool. Haukur
Ingi Gudnason joined the Premier League club in 1997 and
Gudlaugur Victor Palsson has played for the youth and reserve
teams recently.