16 Jun 2026 08:37:29
As well as attacking midfielder Xavier Parker (16, Man City), Liverpool are also now looking likely to sign winger Josh Chigwada (14, Everton) and goal keeper Zach Trinder (14, Wolves).
16 Jun 2026 08:52:44
Can they play RB ??
16 Jun 2026 08:57:22
Darren Motsi from Leicester to MK.
16 Jun 2026 09:27:55
I'm all for strengthening the academy, but it would be nice to find some talent of our own rather than just stealing everybody else's.
16 Jun 2026 09:43:39
Luca Eden and Josh Abe are two of the biggest talents in the country, Shipley, been there since they were babies. I quite like what we’re doing, picking up some of the best talents in the country. People always worry about homegrown quotas, the academy is where we should be filling that quota from.
16 Jun 2026 09:57:39
Ignoring club loyalties, anyone worried about the trade in kids being exploitative? Feels to me like they should stay at home until they are 18.
16 Jun 2026 10:02:59
100% agree, SK. Is that not what the academy is for. ?♂️
16 Jun 2026 10:25:06
It feels wrong that football has got to a point where we are talking about people who have just hit puberty.
I don't think teams should be able to sign people who are yet to finish school.
Of course there are areas where it can be beneficial for the person. Say, for example, someone in poverty, who could benefit from a deal resulting in a change in financial situation.
16 Jun 2026 10:43:24
Am I right in saying there used to be a certain distance from the club you could sign youth players from? Unless you moved their family up? Ah, look, it's been going on years. Wasn't Messi brought over to La Masia at 13 from Argentina?
16 Jun 2026 11:42:09
So are we buying a new academy at this rate?
16 Jun 2026 11:48:38
Apparently the young goalie is seen as the best keeper at Academy level.
16 Jun 2026 12:40:11
The PSG youth coach that we poached is supposed to be a miracle worker, which is partly why we are stacking up these young players.
Rio's cameos this season have signalled that the pathways to our first team are open.
16 Jun 2026 13:43:42
FSW, what PSG coach?
16 Jun 2026 14:12:07
Jojo, I agree, 18 years old should be the norm. Otherwise the kids have leeches, sorry agents, engineering them moves.
16 Jun 2026 15:30:32
Barry, check out - Bafode Diakhaby, who did a decade at PSG.
16 Jun 2026 15:52:22
Luca Eden looks like he could be as good as Gerrard. Fingers crossed he makes it to first team for us and spends whole career here.
16 Jun 2026 16:13:56
The % of young players who actually make the grade is ridiculously small, but at least we are finally in the game. Our youth ranks will be packed with hyped youngsters.
16 Jun 2026 17:35:52
Scouse J, ... Seen a bit of him the other day, he does remind me of Gerrard.
16 Jun 2026 18:04:48
Personally, I think we should start collecting the sperm of our best talents while they're in their prime so we can make an entire squad of test-tube super players. They'll never leave Liverpool if the club is technically their parent!
That way we don't even have to 'steal' talent off their parents either and we'll be able to call them real Liverpool-bred players.