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Chile international Mark Gonzalez has been signed on a year’s loan from Spanish side Albacete with a view to a permanent move to Anfield

He is 21 on July 10, and is an inspirational young player with lightening pace who can play on either flank or as a forward. Rafael Benitez labelled Gonzalez as the best young player in Chile last season.

Gonzalez will arrive at Liverpool still in rehabilitation as he is currently recovering from injury after damaging his cruciate ligament two weeks before the end of the season against Levante, on May 8. He will hopefully be set for a return to action in October.

He was recommended to Benitez by Anfield’s chief scout Paco Herrera, who used to work at Gonzalez’s current Spanish club, Albacete.

The Spanish side were relagated from La Liga last season but their task was made even more harder due to the injury to Gonzalez.

An exciting talent, Gonzalez is a player that manager Rafael Benitez has high hopes for at Liverpool.

He started his career in Chile playing for Universidad Catolica Santiago before making the move to Albacete in 2004