“I call Jurgen”- Liverpool coach waxes lyrical about 16-year-old starlet ahead of Norwich clash

Liverpool coach Pepijn Lijnders full of praise for Kaide Gordon ahead of Norwich City clash

According to an interview given by Pepijin Lijnders (h/t Liverpool Echo), 16-year-old Kaide Gordon is a sensational talent and he called first team manager, Jurgen Klopp to rave about the teenager.

Liverpool have been doing a fine job of recruiting and promoting young talent for the last couple of seasons. The Reds got the youngster from Derby County for a sum of £1million and the deal could rise to £4million.

The teenager has been impressing the management in the U-18 and U-23 Liverpool squad recently. Lijnders saw him in training and was immediately impressed with the lad. The assistant manager opens up on the conversation that he had with Jurgen regarding the youngster.

“He passes players like they are not standing there so I call Jurgen like: ‘Wow, we have a new player here.’ We take all these young players to pre-season and you know you have a good player around you is when the senior players start taking care of this young player.”

The club has been looking to integrate players from with the academy in recent times. FSG have made their intentions clear from the start as they invested £50 million

This is a great way to secure the future of the club as the player is familiar with the setting and environment of the club since a younger age. The Dutch coach also commented further on the 16-year-old’s ability as a player

“He is a typical Liverpool Football Club winger in my opinion because he has goals, he has speed. We really like him and we’re really happy he’s with us.”

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Kaide Gordon has been making great progress at Liverpool. He could feature in the midweek Carabao Cup tie against Norwich. He was impressive in pre-season and scored in a club-friendly behind closed doors against Aston Villa.