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MP calls for FA review into Liverpool's 'tapping up' of Stoke schoolboy

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Steve Nicol says Jurgen Klopp has a "slim to zero" chance of getting the reinforcements Liverpool need this summer.

A leading A leading British politician has called on the Football Association to commission an independent review into Liverpool's "tapping up" of a Stoke City schoolboy.

Last week, Liverpool were given a two-year academy transfer ban -- with the second year suspended for three years -- and a £100,000 fine for breaking Premier League rules on youth recruitment.

It was found that Liverpool had spoken to the youngster before they should have done, paying for him and his family to attend a game at Anfield and offering to pay his private school fees, viewed by the Premier League as a forbidden inducement.