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Rio Ferdinand's son, 18, signs his first professional contract with a Premier League club

Rio Ferdinand's son Lorenz has followed in the footsteps and signed his first professional contract with a Premier League side after graduating from Brighton's youth academy.

The 18-year-old is the oldest of the Manchester United legend's children he shares with his first wife, the late Rebecca Ellison.

First joining the Seagulls ranks as part of the under-13 squad, Ferdinand Jnr plays as a goalkeeper, and featured this year in his first Premier League 2 action.

The teenager was later sent on loan to Havant & Waterlooville as part of a work experience deal to allow Lorenz to build up experience after the non-league side's first-choice 'keeper, Ben Dudzinski, was ruled out for the remainder of the season.