Bringing this up again because in the last couple of years since it was last discussed, we've seen a couple of lads cement themselves in the first team squad.
Trent is now vice-captain, Jones is becoming one of the most important players to our side, I know Elliott started out at Fulham but spent a few years with our youth teams before really making his mark in the first team and Kelleher has established himself as a very handy second choice keeper.
We've also seen the emergence of Quansah and a promising couple of showings from Bradley at right back.
So at the moment it looks like our Academy is back to doing a fine job.
Billy, I don’t think there’s another club that produces as many prospects as Liverpool, particularly since the AxA opened, even In Jürgen’s earlier days at Melwood there were many that were given a opportunity,
If my memory serves me well, I think we had young lads like Ben Woodburn, Sepp Van den Berg, Raheem Sterling, Adam Morgan, Cam Branagan, Connor Randall, Conor Coady, Herbie Kane, Danny Ward, Harry Wilson, just a few names who either made the step up or didn’t quite make it and were loaned out or sold on,
Since the AxA tho, more have made it than those who almost made it, most recently of course, Trent, and the lads you mentioned, there’s a conveyor belt of talent that Jürgen will give those who shine the brightest a fair chance, and a better opportunity than before, it’s clear that having everyone under the same roof so to speak is paying off, much better the the previous regime where I believe Jürgen met the best kids once a week on a Tuesday afternoon to see for himself what was coming thru, from the U16’s to the U23’s,
City have a school of excellence I believe but they don’t exactly fall of the production line, Foden being the best known, Cole Palmer, and I think one or two others, of course it’s slightly different there, for players are more likely bought than nurtured, might see one or two more come thru but I hazard a guess not as many as the AxA.
YNWA