Liverpool have been handed an academy transfer ban and ordered to pay £100,000 after admitting their part in the 'tapping up' of a Stoke youngster.
The Premier League have announced the club will be prohibited from signing any academy players who have been registered with a Premier League or EFL club in the preceding 18 months.
Although the ban is for two years the second 12 months has been suspended for a three-year period and will only be activated in the event of any further similar breach by the club.
A brief statement from Liverpool said: "The club accepts the sanction.