England U19 international Martin Kelly believes he will end pre-season a much better player after learning from the likes of Jamie Carragher.
The centre-back claims he has gained a lot from playing and training alongside his senior colleagues in Switzerland and Asia - with Carra in particular giving him a helping hand.
Kelly told Liverpoolfc.tv: "Carra always helps you out in training and games, telling you where to be in relation to the forwards. I'm grateful for that because a young lad can benefit from that experience.
"You can't get any better than learning alongside players like Carra, Daniel Agger and Martin Skrtel. That's going to bring the best out of me and hopefully I'll get more of it.
"We'll have to wait and see what happens once the season starts but at the moment I'm just concentrating on working hard. That's what Rafa has told me - just keep working hard."
Kelly spent the last three months of 2008-09 at Huddersfield Town, where he earned the praise of assistant manager and Kop icon Terry McDermott.
The 19-year-old claims he returned to Anfield with more maturity.
"I learnt quite a bit," he said. "It was a different experience to what I'm getting now but it was a good one. It has helped me mature a bit and helped me when I joined up with the first team for pre-season.
"It's good being around the first team. Training has been good but hard. The experience I'm getting here is great, I'm really enjoying it and couldn't wish to be anywhere else.
"The pace is a lot quicker and you have to find your feet quickly, but that's what you need in pre-season."
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