Leeds youngster Luke Garbutt has claimed he is on his way to Everton in a posting on social networking site Facebook.
The highly-rated left-back, 16, impressed for England's Under-17s during the recent European Championships in Germany.
The Toffees are now poised to make a raid on the Whites, who have lost of number of talented teenagers to Premier League clubs following their fall to League One.
Writing on his own Facebook wall, he said: "Luke Garbutt is moving to Liverpool on Friday."
When asked whether he was joining Everton, he replied: "Yes, yes I'm off on Friday."


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robdunf (Everton fan)
"I can see why we are looking at youth, but surely at the min we need to boost our first team squad, as in increase the immediately playable numbers from 12-13 to 16-17 then bolster with youth... Philipchan, we are not going to get those players, we have already released Nash, Van De Meyde and Valente and Castillo's loan contract is up soon (or has already passed)."
demoman (Bradford City fan)
"Tom U ............. Don't start spouting about rules coming in when you stole Delph from Bradford. Soon enough he will be too big for you and then Bradford get 15% of the fee as part of the deal!"
LEEDSeanSouth (Leeds United fan)
"just because fab delph is from bradford does not means leeds stole him from their youth academy.. idiot.."
marty1981 (Everton fan)
"TomU Keep quiet didn't Leeds take Delph off of Bradfords books?"
Redder84 (Liverpool fan)
"philipchan - you write the same thing on every story!!!
Is this some kind of spam mail?!?!"
Jamie (Liverpool fan)
"Tom U; I know its a kick in the teeth but young player move clubs all the time; if you look at the career of a lot of big players and they often trained with several clubs in there childhood before settling down at one which they eventually went pro with. "
villabarrow (Aston Villa fan)
"philipchan - being an everton fan id have thought youd know that the four players u mention have all already been released (i think!?) and as for downing, bentley & ireland. you could NEVER afford all three. everyone knows you have no money. and ireland's just signed a new contract anyway"
Tom U (Leeds United fan)
"Should be a rule against this happening. Not good for the game."
toffeemen95 (Everton fan)
"Welcome to the best youth builder in the Prem. work hard and you'll be the first team in no time."
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