Liverpool Make First Signing of January Transfer Window as Club 'Complete Deal' for French Teenager  | 01/26/2019 | 11:14 AM ​Liverpool have reportedly made their first signing of the Januawill ry transfer window after 'completing a deal' for teenage defender Billy Koumetio. The 16-year-old Frenchman had been on trail with the Reds in November, with the left-sided defender travelling with the club's Under-17 side to play a number of friendlies in Berlin. According to ​ESPN, the US Orleans man made an impression during his time on trial, as the Premier League side have decided to sign the defender, who was at Olympique Lyonnais earlier in his career, for a nominal fee. Koumetio will become part of Barry Lewtas' Under-16 side at ​Liverpool, with the French defender the latest addition to the club's academy setup with a view to the future. Liverpool signed Ki-Jana Hoever from Ajax during the summer, with the 17-year-old already making his first-t...

Two Killed, 25 Injured In French Ski Resort Fire Channels Television Two people died Sunday and 25 more were injured, four seriously, in a fire at the ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps, officials said. The pre-dawn blaze forced the evacuation of some 60 resort workers, including foreigners, from a three-storey accommodation building. Firefighters found the two unidentified bodies in a burnt-out area of the building in the upmarket Courchevel 1850 ski station. Three of the four badly injured were flown to hospital by helicopter, the local officials said. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. “Some young people escaped down the facade of the building using the balustrades. Some of them were in their underwear,” said one witness, who identified himself as Victor, 27. The blaze had already devoured the top two floors of the building by the time firefighters arrived, fire service spokesman Emmanuel Clavaud said. Read also:  Fire outbreak in Mexico...