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Liverpool youngster Woodburn joins Sheffield United on loan

Highly rated Liverpool teenager Ben Woodburn has joined Sheffield United on a season-long loan.

As revealed by Goal in July, the Reds youngster had offers from the Blades and Championship rivals Norwich, with the Sheffield club announcing they had won the race for the 18-year-old on Wednesday.

The Wales international has featured 11 times for Liverpool's first team, scoring once, and could now make his Sheffield United debut against Swansea City this weekend.

Blades boss Chris Wilder said of Woodburn: "Ben is a great signing for us, he is an exciting player with undoubted quality.