I've posted this in the "summer clearout" thread but it's just as applicable in here.
This is absolutely superb news and exactly the right approach to take before sending the lads on loan.
Superb in the sense that our profile has improved massively regarding our young players where instead of League 1 and 2 Clubs wanting our players it's now Championship Clubs.
The right approach in that instead of just accepting a loan for the sake of it, each offer will be weighed up against what is actually on offer and how or if it'll benefit us and the player. Taking account of facilities, training methods, game style etc is precisely what we should be doing, otherwise what's the point in them going.
Loan offers pour in for Liverpool FC youngsters but Klopp in no rush to lose them.
05:00, 11 Jul 2016
Updated 08:36, 11 Jul 2016
By James Pearce
Reds boss has a dilemma when it comes to those on the fringes of his squad.
Liverpool have been inundated with loan offers for their top young talent - but Jürgen Klopp intends to take his time before deciding what’s best for their development this season.
Ryan Fulton has joined League One outfit Chesterfield on a season long-loan and fellow keeper Danny Ward is also expected to depart on a temporary basis to gain experience with Huddersfield Town his likely destination.
However, the Reds have so far resisted approaches for a number of outfield players on the fringes of Klopp’s first-team squad.
A host of Championship clubs have registered an interest in Brad Smith but the Australian left-back is unlikely to go anywhere until Liverpool have strengthened in that position. Ben Chilwell is the club’s top target but they have so far been unable to agree a fee with Leicester City having had a £7million bid rejected.
Ryan Kent, Pedro Chirivella, Kevin Stewart and Connor Randall are among those wanted on loan, while the Reds recently rejected an approach from Wigan for Cameron Brannagan.
Klopp finds himself facing something of a dilemma when it comes to loan deals.
When he first arrived at Melwood last October he was shocked to discover the club had no fewer than 17 players out on loan. It was a situation completely alien to the former Borussia Dortmund boss, who insisted a club should nurture their own young talent rather than send them elsewhere.
“It is not normal to have players on loan in Germany, but in England it is,” he said. “I’m not sure it’s always best to give young players to other clubs. I think it’s a kind of pressure you don’t need at that age.
“Maybe we need to cool down the situation a little bit, hold on to these guys longer and let them play in our second team and develop as a team.”
Prompted by a crippling injury crisis, Klopp then recalled the likes of Kent (Coventry), Sheyi Ojo (Wolves), Stewart (Swindon) and Ward (Aberdeen), who all got first-team opportunities on their return.
However, in the months since Klopp has come to understand more fully why the Reds previously felt the need to send their youngsters far and wide.
Whereas he was used to Dortmund’s under-23s playing in the regionalised third tier of German football, the Under-21s Premier League doesn’t come close to bridging the gap between youth and senior football. The fixture list is sporadic and matches are often little more than glorified training exercises with little edge or intensity.
Klopp, who also handed game time to Academy rookies Ovie Ejaria, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ben Woodburn against Tranmere last Friday, wants the club’s best youngsters to spend pre-season with the first-team squad.
He wants to work with them on the training ground, assess where they are up to and leave them in no doubt about what’s required to be part of his long-term plans.
However, after the tour of the States there will be some big decisions to make. Liverpool’s absence from Europe this season means there will be less need to rotate and less game time for those on the fringes.
Brazilian midfielder Allan Rodrigues de Souza will leave on loan as the Reds are still unable to get a work permit for him but who else follows him out the door is unclear.
The situation is complicated by the scrapping of the emergency loan system in the Football League which means loans now have to be done on a window-to-window basis. With no more one-month loans or the ability to recall at a moment’s notice, parent clubs will have to think carefully about where their players are heading.
If a loan offer looks appealing Liverpool will send staff to check out a club’s facilities and examine training methods and playing style before giving the green light to it. It has to be the right fit.
Ultimately, it will come down to what Klopp believes is best for those looking to make the grade at Anfield.
Train at Melwood on a daily basis and make maybe half a dozen senior appearances all season or go elsewhere and get 30 games under your belt in the Championship or League One?
There will certainly be fewer loans sanctioned this summer but for some it will still be the right option in order to ensure they kick on.
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