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Jack Robinson’s First Team Training Debut

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Liverpool Academy trainee defender Jack Robinson was given the opportunity to train with the first team alongside Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard last week. Manager Rafa Benitez commented on the youngster’s progress to Liverpoolfc.tv:

“Jack was okay. He was a little bit shy at first, a little bit quiet. But the senior players were helping and supporting him. The first training session is never easy but little by little he was better.”

Benitez believes such training appearances for the Academy scholars can only help in their development as players, learning new things from first team players, as well as giving confidence to all the young players at the club that there is an opportunity for them to progress all the way to the senior level:

“We have to go one step at a time, they have to progress through different teams, but it’s always important to meet someone and give the others the message that they can progress if they’re doing well. It’s a good message for the others now because they have extra motivation.

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