Since they became champions four years ago, the Reds have generally brought in players between the ages of 22 and 25 who have already played somewhere between 125-175 senior games elsewhere.
Sixteen players have been brought into the first-team fold since the summer of 2020, either on loan or through permanent deals and as many as 13 of them have been aged 25 or under. The three players who buck the trend are Thiago Alcantara, Arthur Melo and most recently Wataru Endo. It would be understandable if Thiago and Arthur's respective fortunes might be used as evidence for those inside the club who continue to champion the youth policy when it comes to recruitment, even though there is a real debate to be had about how good Thiago's time on Merseyside actually was. What cannot be argued, however, was the midfielder was one of the highest paid players at the club and his final year amounted to just five minutes in a defeat at Arsenal.
“You know it is not traditionally like that ," Klopp said. "The last player in that age group was James Milner . It is always a discussion we have. The owners really want 200 games at 20 years old. That is pretty difficult.
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