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Liverpool Teenager Ben Woodburn Perfectly Placed to Develop Under Jurgen Klopp
- Updated: July 18, 2016
The joy that erupted on 16-year-old Liverpool forward Ben Woodburn’s face after notching the second goal of the Reds’ 2-0 pre-season friendly victory over Wigan Athletic on Sunday afternoon served up one of the most unadulterated forms of footballing ecstasy: a young player scoring for his boyhood club.
This was Woodburn’s second goal for Jurgen Klopp’s side this summer, having netted in their 5-0 win away to Fleetwood Town four days previous, and the youngster also laid on two goals for his team-mates in that victory at Highbury Stadium.
Providing an encapsulation of his burgeoning talents as Klopp oversees his squad’s preparations for 2016/17, Woodburn has garnered widespread praise, including from club legend Robbie Fowler, who took to Twitter to label the 16-year-old’s goal against Fleetwood as the “first of many:”
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