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Liverpool under-23 coach Michael Beale set for assistant role at Sao Paulo

Liverpool Under-23 coach Michael Beale is to leave the club to become assistant manager at Brazilian side Sao Paulo.

Beale, who has been involved at the Reds' academy since September 2012, has indicated to the club he intends to leave for a position elsewhere.

It is understood his destination is Sao Paulo to become assistant to well-known former goalscoring goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni, who took charge at the South American club last week.

The pair are believed to have met at an English Football Association course for coaches in Liverpool last September.

No decision has been made on who will replace him as under-23 coach, a position to which he was promoted to having worked his way up after his initial appointment as youth development lead coach for the under-15 and under-16 age groups.