Bobby Clark, the academy player raising his hand to solve the midfield problem

The Reds' midfield is in need of a defensive midfielder and the absence of reinforcements means that Jürgen Klopp sees youth players as an option to find the players who can carry out the defensive roll to cover the team's needs and provide more variants before the arrival of future reinforcements, and find players with enough potential to help the team in the long term.

While players like Ben Doak, Conor Bradley, Curtis Jones or Harvey Elliott are players with great potential that Klopp will have to polish during the season, there are players who have not yet been able to demonstrate their great quality and are proving that they have acceptable potential to be given a chance in the team's beliefs, in this case we are talking about Bobby Clark, an 18-year-old player who plays as a midfielder in the lower divisions of the team.

Clark had the opportunity to show his quality during the pre-season, however for the start of the season Bobby stayed with the lower divisions where he gave a very good game in the mini-delby against Everton where they won 4-0 with a goal from Clark and who was the best player in the team, creating chances and being the best in midfield, so he could be the best player in the team.

Opportunities for the youngsters

The team's defensive shortcomings have undoubtedly been established, so the opportunities for young players this season should be greater in the cups, as Liverpool will have to play a big role if they want to be champions, players like Bobby Clark, James McConnell, Jarell Quansah, Lewis Koumas and Calum Scanlon were involved during pre-season, so during this season they may have the chance to show that they have the qualities to be with the first team.