Leeds United beat off strong competition to sign Charlie Allen from Linfield as scholar

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LEEDS United have beat off competition from a host of other top-flight big guns to sign highly rated Northern Irish teenager Charlie Allen from Linfield as a scholar.

The 16-year-old forward had been attracting interest from the likes of Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Glasgow Rangers with the teen excelling at Linfield under former Whites striker and now Blues boss David Healy.