Trent Kone-Doherty joined Jurgen Klopp’s team on Tuesday, and the Reds welcomed him to first-team practice. What about the young winger?
Several young players were part when the Reds returned to the AXA Training Center on Tuesday to start getting ready for the trip to Newcastle.
Several of them, including Bobby Clark, Jarell Quansah, Melkamu Frauendorf, James McConnell, Calum Scanlon, Lewis Koumas, Vitezslav Jaros, Marcelo Pitaluga, and Fabian Mrozek, have been kept from the preseason.
In the meantime, Tyler Morton made his four-month injury comeback, and Ben Doak continued to play for the senior setup despite making the full-time transfer.
But Kone-Doherty, one of the attackers put through their paces in Kirkby’s sunny weather, was a rarity in senior training.
When Kone-Doherty joined the Derry City team for preseason at the age of 15, he caught the attention of Liverpool’s hiring staff in the early months of 2022.
Born in Derry, Kone-Doherty started out as a young player with the neighborhood team Foyle Harps before transferring to Derry City in 2019.
Despite not making his club debut, his rapid development drew the eye of several teams, including Celtic.
Due to Derry City’s location in Northern Ireland, Liverpool were able to close a deal despite the fact that they compete in the top division of the Republic of Ireland.
Kone-Doherty joined Liverpool’s under-18 team as soon as his transfer was official in June, thriving in attack alongside Doak and Koumas.
He has already played for the U18s and U21s this season, and his future prospects are bright.
direct offensive outlet with a goal-scoring track record during the previous 12 months.
In his first season, he scored 11 goals in 23 games for the club’s academy teams while usually playing on the left side of attack.
He was used on the right flank this time, demonstrating his versatility, and scored a fantastic goal cutting onto his left foot in a 4-2 victory over Nottingham Forest U18s.