Not only do these sorts of loans aid the development of the player but they also add pound signs to their price tag especially if the club are looking to move the player on at the end of the season. Manchester United regularly do this to generate interest in the player before selling them on for a higher price than they would have got for a player who hadn’t been out on loan.
Loaning them to a club as high as possible should be the aim, but I believe even a loan to a League One club would help their progress as it would give a chance to play in a competitive environment on a regular basis. While sending them to a club with a similar passing philosophy would be beneficial as they would come back suited to the way that Liverpool try to play.
Sometimes a loan move can be turn out to be quite pointless as the player spends his whole time sat on the bench with managers who just see him as back-up to the first team. Having a well-managed loan system would give Liverpool a chance to watch his development and improve him in the future.
There is only so much that can be learnt from playing reserve matches and instead this talent batch of youngsters need competitive fixtures to aid their development. They have time and ability on their hands but Liverpool need to handle them with care to make sure they become an important part of the Liverpool set-up for years to come. A successful long term loan move would be a good start.
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Fair points, but who was the last young player we sent out on loan who came back and became a first team regular? Steve Warnock did for a time before being offloaded and I can’t remember anyone recently. Jay might do so but he hasn’t yet.
Fact is that more often than not if you’re not good enough for the 1st team by say 19 years of age then you’re not good enough.
That is exactly why young players don’t make it in England because people right them off to soon. In what other walk of life is someone either made it or finished by 19?! Pedro didn’t get into the barca first team till 22 an the same can be said of many others, even iniesta had to wait his turn but here he would’ve been cast aside (an thats without even starting the size argument). We need to be more patient with players an let them develop as people an players. Sending them out on loan can be a good thing but the most important thing is that we send them to the right clubs. Pacheco to blackpool for example would be a good loan move for him an us but players goin to west ham wit big Sams kick an rush style won’t help them develop in the Liverpool way so there’s many factors that have to all work. In the prem I think the best places for players to go would be wigan, swansea an bolton. They would really help our kids develop
did you see conor coady’s goal? looked like stevie g running in on goal. the future’s bright.