Freddie Woodman ready to swim after being ‘chucked into deep end’ at Liverpool

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“I am new to this role. I quickly realised that my game time is going to be limited and that I would probably be called upon for 10, 20 minutes, and when that time comes I just wanted to be prepared.

And so the eight months where I’m training, I’m just thinking about those 10 minutes, those 20 minutes, where you are nervous but can rely on all the preparation that you’ve done, and that’s what I tried to do.”“Being third choice, from what I’ve seen, is more important than what I thought coming in,” Woodman adds. “For me, I’ve watched him over the last seven to eight years and to build a relationship with Robbo [Andy Robertson], Curtis [Jones], Cody [Gakpo], Virgil … I saw these guys last season as superstars and you come in and you realise that they’re just normal blokes and they’re good people and it’s been really nice to build those relationships.“Did I ever think I was going to be playing for Liverpool in the Premier League?

Probably not, but when I was called upon I just wanted to do my best. I just got my head down and prepared for this game as I do every game, which is as if I am playing.