Jurgen Klopp has ruled that Liverpool attacker Ben Woodburn can go out on loan in the January transfer window to spark a mass transfer scramble, according to the Daily Mail.
The newspaper claim that Woodburn, 18, will be shipped out temporarily and is most likely to go to a Championship club.
The Mail report no agreement has been reached as of yet with another club, but manager Klopp is convinced that the exciting forward would be best served playing first-team football elsewhere.
Woodburn has featured just once in the senior side this season but has made a big impression with the Wales national team.
Good move for Liverpool?
It is sensible for Woodburn and the club that the youngster gets as much experience of senior football as possible. His eye for goal, mobility and appetite for the big occasion make him an exciting package and his former international manager Chris Coleman, who is in charge of Sunderland, is among the teenager’s most ardent admirers, saying, “He has all the attributes to go on and become a great player.” The key is for Woodburn to head to the correct club, where the team’s style will maximise his capabilities and he can get regular playing time. It can only benefit Liverpool if he rips it up at a Championship club in the second half of the campaign.
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Likely to happen?
Almost certainly, barring a mass injury crisis among Liverpool senior forwards, where Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge, Dominic Solanke and Danny Ings block Woodburn’s path to a first-team spot. The Merseysiders are likely to insist upon their young star getting regular appearances at the Championship club he joins.
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