He was worse than Joe Gomez, Liverpool dumped him and he ended up as a Derby County idol

For several years now, Liverpool have been working in an excellent way with all those young prospects who one day aspire to become the new stars of the Merseyside team, although not everything has gone smoothly as along the way there have been cases where bad fortune accompanied those players and they could not go beyond that status of promise, having to quickly generate other opportunities but now away from Anfield.

Liverpool's Carabao Cup opponents, Derby County, are just one example of how such second chances can come after players have had their first brush with failure as professionals, building on the wisdom they had on Merseyside and trying not to make the same mistakes in their next attempt to make a name for themselves in the lower divisions.

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That unfortunate constant in world football was experienced first-hand by England defender Andre Wisdom, who after coming to Liverpool's attention at the age of 14 while playing for Bradford City, had the opportunity to grow up in the Reds' academy, going through competitions such as the FA Youth Cup with youth teams as well as taking a place on the first team bench in the 2010-2011 season, only to see a couple of years later another reality that marked the decline of his career as one of England's most promising footballing talents.

Although his 2013 move to Derby County was initially to allow Andre to continue honing those skills as a defender, the reality is that as the games with the Rams wore on the Reds' team realised that the defender didn't have what it took to be able to return and fight for a first team place, with the Brit continuing his baggage in England until finding his golden opportunity with Norwich City's promotion to the PL, although not with much luck as he was only around for that 2015-2016 season.

<strong>Andre Wisdom played for both teams</strong>

His attempts continued as far as Austria with Red Bull Salzburg in 2016-2017, returning a footballing year later to England where Derby County made him feel at home for four seasons, the former unheralded promise of English football being a good acquisition for a lower division team that knew how to squeeze all his talent in the defensive sector, with the institution thanking Liverpool in a way for loaning them their gem who failed to shine.