Liverpool have welcomed their class of 2023-24 with 12 new youth player contracts, including a scholarship for Egyptian striker Kareem Ahmed.
Every year, Liverpool complete a new freshman recruitment as youngsters transition from under-16 to under-18 football.
This summer, the club announced deals for 12 teenagers to join Marc Bridge-Wilkinson’s squad in 2023/24.
That includes six who already made their debuts at that level last season, including 16-year-old Ahmed, the versatile forward who scored in his under-18 span in December.
He is joined by defenders Carter Pinnington, Luca Furnell-Gill and Lucas Pitt as well as midfielders Kieran Morrison and Fola Onanuga.
New faces among the freshmen are goalkeeper Kornel Misciur, centre-back Louis Enahoro-Marcus, left-back Harry Evers and midfielders Ben Trueman, Emmanuel Airoboma and Clae Ewing.
The U18s started their pre-season campaign with two wins over Salford City at the AXA training centre, leading 1-0 and 3-0 in two 45-minute friendlies.
Onanuga was the lone scorer in the 1-0, while Jayden Danns’ brace and Trent Kone-Doherty strike sealed the second win.
A young side have now traveled to Northern Ireland for the SuperCupNI, formerly the Milk Cup, where they will face Valencia (July 24), Man United (July 26) and Hertha Berlin (July 28).
This team includes two players under the age of 16 who have not yet signed scholarship terms, namely DJ Esdaille and 15-year-old Joe Bradshaw.
Pinnington, Pitt, Onanuga, Morrison and Ahmed all began last week in the 1-0 victory of the National League Kidderminster Harrier team.
