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Published 18:00 5 Apr 2017 BST
Updated 19:12 5 Apr 2017 BST
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Liverpool were prepared to pay the player's school fees but the Premier League changed regulations surrounding this at the time which meant that in order to proceed with this, the club would have to pay for the private education of all players registered to their academy - something which the club did not want to do.
Liverpool withdrew their offer when they realised they would be in breach of these new regulations but an investigation was launched once the player's family accused the club of going back on its promises.
The subsequent investigation revealed that Liverpool offered additional expenses to the player, such as match tickets, which are also prohibited.
As a result, the club have been banned for two years from signing other teams' academy players for two years and fined £100,000 for illegally approaching and offering an inducement to sign that particular player.
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