With the club heading into one of their most eagerly anticipated seasons in years and guided by an impressive manager, in Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool will look to begin in August with a strong and dependable squad with players in a variety of positions capable of claiming success and bringing silverware back to Anfield. Whilst transfers in and out are ongoing, it would seem that the lengthy season ahead would require depth that the Reds just haven't had in recent times, and so is this the year that a few more youngsters and in particular, Jordon Ibe, make their mark?
Ibe is a talented winger who is predominantly right sided, with lightning pace and an eye for creating opportunities from wide positions, including a preference to get himself on the scoresheet whenever the possibility arrives. He spent time on loan at Birmingham City last season and helped them to avoid relegation from the Championship, whilst impressing on England U19 duty with a sensational hat-trick. His quick feet and sublime technical ability has brought immesne creativity to Liverpool's youth system in the past few seasons and it should be time that the first team benefits from his contributions, with the huge amount of games heading their way.
Jon Flanagan and especially Raheem Sterling, seeing as though he is similar in terms of positioning and ability to Ibe, have proven that success is possible for the younger lot after excellent domestic campaigns leading them to regular starting spots in a Premier League side that finished 2nd, and a seat with the England squad on the plane to Brazil for the World Cup. Ibe would add a tremendous amount to a squad looking to improve on a phenomenal previous season, and the attacking options that Rodgers would have lying in front of him will bring him great joy and a real excitement for things to come.
