Reds sign teenage striking duo

Liverpool have completed a double signing of teenage forwards Besian Idrizaj and Ramon Calliste.

Austrian Idrizaj, a 17-year-old winger, joins on a two-year deal from Linzer ASK, while Wales Under-21 striker Calliste has been brought in after being freed by Manchester United at the start of the summer. He has signed a 12-month contract.

Both players had recent trials with the European champions and Idrizaj told www.liverpoolfc.tv: “I have always been a Liverpool fan and it is a dream come true to play for them.

“If you get a chance to go to Liverpool on trial then you have to take it. You cannot ignore a trial with the reigning Champions League winners. I would even have swam across the channel just to take part.”

Calliste, 19, also had a trial with Colchester earlier in the summer, but a permanent deal collapsed with the Essex club citing his wage demands as the cause.