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Hopefully, that takes him a long, long way in the game.
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Both Manchester clubs and Celtic were also linked with moves for Kone Doherty, but Liverpool won the race — and that has seemingly now been confirmed by his U17s manager at Derry.
Liverpool, via the framework put in place by academy director Alex Inglethorpe, their U18s and U23s coaches, first-team link Vitor Matos, senior coaches Jürgen Klopp and Pep Lijnders, and the £50m FSG investment in the AXA Training Centre bringing everyone together on one site, have created a pathway to the top.
Highly-rated Celtic forward Ben Doak, 16, has also been signed, while the focus on British talents (thanks to Brexit regulations complicating young transfers from abroad) has led them to Irish youth international Trent Kone Doherty, 15.
He has got serious, serious pace but the biggest thing about him is that he has a brilliant attitude.
Liverpool might have completed three signings at senior level this summer already in Darwin Núñez, Fábio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay, but their work extends well beyond that.
With their focus on only the best young players to add to their academy system, it is a deal that makes sense for Liverpool.
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