Liverpool are renowned for giving academy graduates a chance in the first team and Brendan Rodgers tried to maintain that tradition.
Rodgers spent just over three years at Anfield and gave senior bows to several players, although he was unable to unearth the next Steven Gerrard or Jamie Carragher.
We’ve looked at the 11 academy players he handed debuts to, to see how their respective careers have developed since.
Adam Morgan
Morgan was tipped to be the next Robbie Fowler at Liverpool, but he made just three first-team appearances for the club and was sold in 2014.
“Brendan said he didn’t doubt my ability but he said that physically I wasn’t ready and looked out of my depth,” Morgan told the Athletic in 2019.
“He thought I maybe needed to go to a Championship club and kick on from there. I went and sat in my car outside Melwood and cried. It hurt being told my time at Liverpool was over.”
The striker dropped down the divisions after leaving Anfield and joined Glenn Tamplin’s Romford in November 2019. He currently plays for non-league Haringey Borough.
Suso
Suso joined Liverpool from hometown club Cadiz as a 15-year-old in 2010 and was given his senior debut by Rodgers two years later.
The winger was unable to firmly establish himself at Anfield and, after a loan spell at Almeria, signed for AC Milan on a permanent deal in 2015.
He has made over 150 appearances for the Serie A side before going on to join Sevilla in the summer of 2020.
Suso strikes for Sevilla 🔥
That one meant a lot for the former Liverpool man!
United hard done by with the throw-in decision?#Club2020 pic.twitter.com/Ly9SG7Wf05
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 16, 2020
Andre Wisdom
Wisdom scored on his Liverpool debut in a 5-3 Europa League win away to Young Boys in 2012, but that was as good as it got for the defender.
After loan spells at Derby County, West Brom, Norwich City, Red Bull Salzburg, he joined Derby on a permanent deal in 2017. He was released by the Rams last year and has been without a club since.
Jerome Sinclair
Sinclair became Liverpool’s youngest-ever player after coming off the bench in a League Cup tie against West Brom in 2012 at the age of 16 years and six days.
He made four further appearances for the club before joining Watford in 2016, but he failed to make an impact at Vicarage Road.
The striker is currently a free agent after unsuccessful loan spells at VVV Venlo and CSKA Sofia.
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