'Jürgen Klopp called me - it was surreal, such a great feeling'

After the euphoria of scoring the winning penalty in the FA Youth Cup final last season, life for Academy striker Paul Glatzel was pretty good.

He began 2019-20 training with the first team and was handed a senior bow in the pre-season friendly with Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park.

But his flourishing progress was suddenly halted by a serious knee injury that day.

Glatzel was about to experience a downside of the game that every player goes through at some point in their career.

It was at this anxious moment, when the teenager was worrying about the nature of the injury and the consequences for his Liverpool career, he received a phone call that would mean everything to him.

Jürgen Klopp was on…