Marc Bridge-Wilkinson sees it as wholly positive when players depart his Liverpool U18s squad and make the step up to U23s level.
At the beginning of the 2020-21 season, for example, Layton Stewart and Tyler Morton were regular starters for Bridge-Wilkinson's U18s.
But injuries to Paul Glatzel, Joe Hardy and Elijah Dixon-Bonner – as well as Leighton Clarkson and Jake Cain's involvement with the first team – have given the pair opportunities with Barry Lewtas' U23s.
As a result, the likes of Terence Miles, Isaac Mabaya and Ethan Ennis have progressed from the U16 set-up and all made favourable impressions so far.