According to The Athletic, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp ordered manager Neil Critchley to withdraw Rhian Brewster from Liverpool’s under-23’s clash against Derby County after 15 minutes because of today’s Championship League clash against Napoli.
The highly-rated forward finally put pen to paper for his first professional contract last July, signing a five-year deal.
It came just six months after he sustained a career-threatening injury – that required two operations on the ligaments in his ankle and meniscus cartilage in his knee – while playing for Liverpool Under 23 against Manchester City.
Klopp believes so much in Brewster that he decided not to sign another striker after Daniel Sturridge’s contract expired in the summer as he sees the teenage sensation as his replacement.