Arne Slot is set to promote a Liverpool youngster into the first team this summer during pre-season.



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Sepp van den Berg has been at Liverpool for almost five years now, but he’s spent the vast majority of his spell at the club on loan.

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Last season, he was at Schalke in the Bundesliga, the season before that he spent a season and a half at Preston in the Championship where he was lauded by Lancashire Live for his ‘excellent’ performances.

Now the 22-year-old centre-back is playing for Mainz in the Bundesliga.

He’s enjoyed a good season, and the Daily Mirror has now reported he is expected to be handed an opportunity in Liverpool’s first team under Slot this summer.

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The repot claims Van den Berg will be promoted to the first team in pre-season and given an opportunity to catch the eye.

This season has been his best loan spell yet, catching the eye in the Bundesliga, where he has established himself as a top defender.

Earlier this season he even matched Van Dijk’s aerial numbers, and it would be a shame if he wasn’t given a chance at least in pre-season for Liverpool this summer.

At 22-years-old he still has a lot of potential in the game, and Liverpool have already invested so much time developing him.