Liverpool summer signing fast-tracked through club ranks as Academy buzz continues

Nyoni makes another step

Last year it was Ben Doak and Stefan Bajcetic. The campaign before Kaide Gordon. And this season, it seems, it could be Trey Nyoni.

Some Academy players will always attract more buzz and interest than others, and Nyoni has been assuming that mantle in recent weeks with his impact since arriving from Leicester City in the summer.

After a few impressive performances for the under-18s, the teenage midfielder has already been fast-tracked to the U21s and made his first start in the age group in the Premier League 2 4-0 defeat at home to West Ham United on Saturday.

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And he has grown in prominence with the wider Liverpool fanbase having trained several times with Jurgen Klopp's first team, the latest session of which was on Friday.

Despite some neat touches and obvious comfort in possession, Nyoni's tender years were evident here against a physically-imposing Hammers side. Frustration got the better of him with a first-half booking, but this was another major landmark in his fledgling career.

Nyoni was one of three 16-year-olds in a young Liverpool starting line-up, along with the centre-back pairing Amara Nallo - another summer arrival, playing against his former club - and Carter Pinnington.

And U21s coach Barry Lewtas says: "For the three of them it is a massive jump. They were playing schoolboy football last year. But I think they did ever so well.

"Trey didn't go missing and showed some real nice moments. Amara appears to be getting more accustomed to it - he has played more 21s games than 18s - and has done well, and Carter is