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Liverpool, Premier League Agree to Settlement in Tapping-Up Scandal

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Liverpool and the Premier League have agreed a compensation settlement with a 13-year-old's parents after a recent tapping-up scandal.

Ben Rumsby of the Telegraph reported the Reds and league will pay for the unnamed boy's school fees and further damage after Liverpool chased the talent, "concealing their tapping-up from the authorities."

Due to Liverpool's extensive pursuit, the boy was not permitted to play academy football until Stoke City were paid £49,000. Rumsby previously reported that Liverpool were "accused of reneging on an agreement to pay the youngster’s school fees, leaving his parents—who pulled out of a deal with the club as a result—in thousands of pounds of debt.