DONE DEAL: Derby County Beats Wrexham In The Race To Sign Liverpool FC Young starlet Owen Beck To A 4 Year Contract

The maligned Liverpool starlet now set for Portsmouth return after feeling Fratton fury

Owen Beck and Wrexham is the talk with Derby County also said to be keen on the Liverpool talent, whose season came to a controversial and incendiary end at Fratton Park in March.

The hand gesture was designed to antagonise and clearly suggested a belief Pompey were going down.

There were mitigating circumstances, however, as Blackburn defender Owen Beck rode a gauntlet of Fratton fury with the Blues scrapping for Championship survival back in March.

Blackburn loanee’s season-ending injury pain

Beck had just gone down injured in front of the Fratton End, prompting angry claims the Liverpool loanee was using dark arts and making an early move to time waste and break up play.

Blackburn Rovers Eye Liverpool's Owen Beck in Late Loan Move

What became increasingly apparent was the 22-year-old was actually bereft, as he realised his return after a seven-week absence had led to a recurrence of the same hamstring injury which had left him sidelined.

Beck appeared to be fighting back tears, but his reaction was one to stir anger after his 13th-minute withdrawal as he twice gestured to the Blues supporters they were headed towards relegation.

Of course that was far from the case, with John Mousinho’s men picking up a hard-earned 1-0 win which took them a big step towards safety.

For Beck, however, it was to prove left-back’s final action of the season, with it confirmed his campaign was over after scan results were returned the following week.

But it now appears the Wales under-21 international could be back at PO4 next term, with talk of another Championship move now accelerating.

High-profile new boys Wrexham are the latest to be linked with a move for Beck, who grew up in the city and is the great nephew of Liverpool great Ian Rush – who also had a spell at the Racecourse Ground.

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Derby County vying with Wrexham for Beck deal

Derby are also said to be keen on Beck, with Ram boss John Eustace working with the former Bolton loanee at Ewood Park last season.

Liverpool are closing in on Bournemouth’s left-back Milos Kerkez, with a £40m deal said to be in the offing for the Hungarian. That would free up Beck to then be able to gain some more playing time away from Anfield, as he learns his trade.

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The first step for him will be to prove his fitness, after a campaign in which he picked up 25 appearances at the fourth loan club of his young career.

Speaking to RoversTV after the Fratton incident, Beck expressed his determination to come back brighter from the blow.