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'Work hard and don’t waste a minute of your development'

The trio have all graduated to Jürgen Klopp’s first-team squad and the coach admits he uses them in team meetings as an example of the hard work his charges must adhere to.

Bridge-Wilkinson has a talented squad to work with this season, with a host of first-year scholars being joined by the arrivals of Germany U16 captain Melkamu Frauendorf from Hoffenheim and Poland attacker Mateusz Musialowski, while Scouser Layton Stewart will be hoping to continue a promising debut season by leading the line for the U18s.

The young Reds host Stoke City in their 2020-21 season opener at the Kirkby Academy on Saturday morning – a game you can watch live on LFCTV and LFCTV GO from 10.