Comolli: “It’s fantastic for the identity of the club”

Liverpool’s Director of Football has praised the work that has been done by the club’s academy over the last couple of years. He told Liverpoolfc.tv:

“It’s fantastic for the identity of the club to have so many local players. Stevie and Carra have been here for a long time and now we have Jay, and also Jack Robinson and John Flanagan. Having local players gives the club a strong identity and also keeps the family atmosphere around the place. These players have been here for so long that they make sure the atmosphere is still alive. It’s great. The day we played Birmingham a couple of weeks back we had more players who had come through our Academy in our squad than any other Premier League side that day. That is a strong sign of the work going on at our Academy.”

Comolli believes the future looks very bright for the the youngsters:

“It’s fantastically rewarding for the Academy staff to see the work they have done over the past couple of years paying off. It also shows if you are good enough then you will play no matter what your age is. Jay has had a lot of games of late and hopefully John Flanagan and Jack Robinson can now do the same.”

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