6. Raheem Sterling
The Reds had to fight off a lot of competition from other Premier League clubs for the QPR man’s signature back in January. He is pacey, skilful, and good on the ball and he is already looking like a bargain buy. Time will only tell however if he is the real deal and patience will be needed as he makes his way through Rodolfo Borrell’s academy side.
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7. Jonjo Shelvey
Bought for £1.7m from Charlton Athletic, Jonjo’s purchase was the result of the Reds’ continuing policy to bring in the best youth talent in the country. The attacking midfielder has been compared to Steven Gerrard in style, and after spending some time in the reserves, it won’t be too long before he gets more regular first team action. Came on in extra time against Northampton Town in mid week.
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8. Toni Silva
The Portuguese winger has come on leaps and bounds during his year at the club. He joined from Benfica after a trial period with Chelsea and Fulham last year, and his pace, dribbling abilities and skill on the ball make him one of Rodolfo Borrell’s most exciting prospects in Liverpool’s Under 18s. It will be interesting to see how he progresses this season and if he can make the step up to the next level.
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9. Andre Wisdom
An impressive player ever since he joined the Reds from Bradford at the age of just 14, Wisdom’s career has already seen him play in a FA Youth Cup final and the European U17 Championship final last May. In the final for England, the centre-back scored at both ends as the young Lions won the tournament for the first time in their history. Another player who made it onto the bench for the Carling Cup in mid week demonstrating Roy Hodgson already has an eye on him.
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10. Jack Robinson
Came to prominence after making his debut for the senior team on the last day of the Premier League season against Hull last campaign, the left sided player is a good crosser of the ball but will need to improve defensively slightly in the next few years. He is still young and has a very promising future if he continues to progress.
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Don’t forget David Ngoo. I reckon he has a good chance.
I am so sceptical when I see articles like this. How many players have come through our ranks in the last decade dubbed “the next….?”
I do like Dani Pacheco, but having an article about our top 10 prospects reeks of optimism. I can’t see more than 1 or 2 of them playing in any top league in Europe (when they are of age, not now.) Wasn’t Nemeth the next big thing? He never even got a game ahead of N’gog. Doesn’t say much.
Anyways, I hope I am proved wrong, so keep on truckin’ I guess.
Forwards -Ngoo has the best chance apart from Suso who is easily the best. Defenders -Wisdom
a great lot of mixed aged youngsters, quality in quantity, there is no comparison with the past, rafa can take most of the credit although he had to go
for me ayala will easily be the replacement of carragher in 1-2 seasons. kelly will be used as an utility player covering the back 4 like o’shea and replacing krygiakos. pacheco will be a regular in 6-12 months time and robinson will be our regular left defender. toni silva and suso will be our wingers switching places often. shelvey will be our master midfielder. sterling will be our superstar rooney or henry. wisdom has no future and ngoo will be our second striker. the team will be GK – robinson-ayala-wilson-kelly-shelvey-cm-suso-silva-pacheco-sterling. ngoo to make the bench. lets get canales to compliment shelvey…
you would have thought players on the verge of the first team could have seen off northampton!
@ akshay, are you mad or something mate? wisdom no future? and Canales for Lfc? the boy’s just been signed by Real Madrid for f*** sakes and when have they released a young-ish player after just 1 season, use your common sense you mong. anyhoo back to sanity/reality, i like the look of Suso, Amoo, Ince, Ngoo, Palson, WISDOM, Wilson, Robinson, Irwin, and last but not least DANIEL PACHECO (with Daniel Ayala coming next season hopefully!) who I think should be getting a lot more games than he is now but then again I’m not the manager and don’t see them training day-in-day-out to decide who plays or not.
P.S. Roy Hodgson is not good enough to manage LFC as much as I like and respect the man, I honestly think he’s out of his depth with this side it’s just a shame Rafa couldn’t put into action what he started i.e. the youth system at LFC that he personally revamped!!!
Number 10: It’s Jack Robinson, not Jake. Ffs. Simple stuff this.
how about Danny Wilson?
@Rafa: Danny Wilson can bend over and let Rafa penetrate him.
we’ve all seen what happened to the likes of dalla valle (dubbed the new torres), nemeth and plessis so i can only see 2 or 3 making it to be honest. and what happened to danny wilson, mavinga and palsson?
your number one, Pacheco, will never make it at Liverpool, he’s too small, a small player will only make it with exceptional talent, and he’ll be at malaga or zaragosa within 12 months
The best Liverpool youngster is Raheem Sterling..he is 15 years old and already has great pace and skills.
All thr BS that comes from the comments here is absolutely ridiculous! Because Liverpool havent brought up any youngster in 15 years or so, doesnt mean the current youngsters are going to be bad.
The reason is simple. The plan of spending loads because City and Chelsea are spending is what hampers the youngster’s careers at Anfield. It is the narrow-minded ideas of our past 3-4managers that has created this, most notably Benitez. Why we try to outspend others or even think the only way to stay in top 4 is to spend money is just crazy. We should be smart and buy 1 good player and give younger guys a chance as it is for the good of the long-term health of LFC.