Liverpool defender Sepp van den Berg joins Preston North End on loan

Preston North End have made their seventh signing of the transfer window, bringing in Liverpool's young defender Sepp van den Berg on loan for the rest of the season.
By Dave Seddon
Published 1st Feb 2021, 20:45 GMT
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The 19-year-old Dutchman arrives at Deepdale as part of the deal which has taken Ben Davies to Anfield.

North End had been watching van den Berg before Liverpool showed interest in Davies and an agreement was struck to take him for the rest of the campaign.

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With Davies leaving for Merseyside and Patrick Bauer out injured for the season, North End needed bodies at the back.

Sepp van den Berg has joined Preston North End on loan from Liverpool Pic courtesy of PNESepp van den Berg has joined Preston North End on loan from Liverpool Pic courtesy of PNE
Sepp van den Berg has joined Preston North End on loan from Liverpool Pic courtesy of PNE

Liam Lindsay joined on loan from Stoke earlier in the evening, van den Berg now adding to the options Alex Neil has at centre-half.

Van den Berg is still very inexperienced in English football, having played just three times for Liverpool's first-team.

North End are prepared to help develop him, with Liverpool seeing a spell in the Championship as important for the teenager.

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