Cooper completes Liverpool move
Friday, December 28, 2007
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Liverpool FC have paid Scottish lower-league side Ross County FC €150,000 for their 16-year-old winger Alex Cooper, who has agreed a contract until 2011.
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Liverpool FC have signed 16-year-old winger Alex Cooper from Scottish lower-league side Ross County FC. The teenager, son of the former Aberdeen FC defender Neale Cooper, moves to Anfield in a €150,000 transfer, having agreed a contract until 2011.
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His father, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner with Aberdeen in 1983, said: "He could have gone to one or two other clubs but loved the way he was treated by Liverpool when he was there." The English team will face FC Internazionale Milano in the UEFA Champions League first knockout round in February and March.
