Liverpool have made a happy habit of snapping up some of the brightest young talents in British football over the past few years, but Arsenal could now be about to pull the same trick on the Reds.<\/p>\n
Harvey Elliott, Ben Gannon-Doak, Trey Nyoni and Rio Ngumoha are just some of the exciting youngsters to have been brought to Anfield from fellow UK clubs over the past few years, with Merseyside chiefs having a keen eye for such gems.<\/p>\n
However, a report from\u00a0The Athletic<\/a> on Thursday that the tables are now set to be turned on LFC by one of their biggest domestic rivals.<\/p>\n Arsenal reach agreement with Vincent Joseph<\/p>\n Arsenal have reached an agreement with Liverpool academy striker Vincent Joseph over a move to north London, with the two clubs currently discussing the settlement of a fee for the 16-year-old.<\/p>\n If they\u2019re unable to reach a compromise on that front, a tribunal would then decide the fee owed to the Reds, with such a measure necessitated when\u00a0a player under the age of 24 switches clubs before signing their first professional contract or at the expiry of their professional terms.<\/p>\n The teenage forward didn\u2019t sign scholarship terms with LFC this summer after the expiry of his schoolboy registration contract.<\/p>\n Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a\u00a0preferred source on Google<\/a>\u00a0to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n Liverpool\u2019s loss is Arsenal\u2019s gain<\/p>\n Liverpool fans and academy chiefs will no doubt be bitterly disappointed to see Arsenal agreeing terms with Joseph, whose scoring record at underage level hints at a very high ceiling.<\/p>\n He scored three times across his two appearances in the Under-18 Premier League last season and has struck an impressive tally of eight goals in nine caps for England under-16s, including a hat-trick against their Netherlands counterparts last December (Transfemarkt<\/a>).<\/p>\n While the Reds have moved proactively to offer professional contracts to other academy prospects such as Lucas Clarke<\/a>, they\u2019ve had no such luck with the 16-year-old striker, who now seems poised to sign for the Gunners.<\/p>\n