Liverpool are monitoring Ajax defender Perr Schuurs following his recent outstanding Champions League display against them.

Schuurs has already been on trial at Anfield as a 17-year-old and although he impressed, it was felt it was better to leave him in Holland with Fortuna Sittard and continue to monitor his progress.

The 6ft 3in stopper, whose composure and authority has been likened to a young Virgil van Dijk, went on to captain Fortuna Sittard as a teenager before moving to Ajax.

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