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Liverpool confirmed the departure of Tyler Morton to Lyon on Wednesday, with the Reds midfielder moving to the French club in a $20 million transfer.

The move marks the end of Morton's 15-year association with the Anfield club, and makes room for another promising young midfielder to make the step up.

It has been reported that Trey Nyoni will take Morton's place in the Liverpool squad next season, with the 18-year-old in line for more minutes at first-team level.

Nyoni is one of two extremely highly rated young players in Arne Slot's squad, along with Rio Ngumoha, and both players can expect to see their game time on the big stage increase during the 2025-26 season.

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But it is Nyoni who seemingly stands to benefit the most from Morton's exit, as he operates in the same position as the newly departed 22-year-old.

Slot made reference to Nyoni's emergence last week as he addressed the excitement surrounding Ngumoha's fine form during the pre-season tour of China.

"We have a lot of very good players but to get some brand new players from the academy is helpful," Slot said.

It is nice to see young players at 16, 17 or 18 impact the game."

As for Nyoni, he told club media in May about his ambition to play a bigger role in Liverpool's future successes after making five appearances under Slot last term.

Nyoni is yet to make his Premier League debut but that will almost certainly change in the coming weeks as he gears up to play a bigger role for the Reds.

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Trey Nyoni will have a bigger role to play for Liverpool this season

"It's nice being a part of it but ultimately what you strive for is to play more and more," Nyoni said

"It's nice to have records but it's not how you start, it's how you finish – I always stick to that.

"Hopefully I can just continue to keep on doing what I'm doing and then everything else will just sort itself out."

In the same interview, Nyoni revealed how Curtis Jones and Virgil van Dijk had gone out of their way to make him feel welcome in the first-team squad.

"All of them have been good but the first person that spoke to me was the captain," Nyoni recalls