Liverpool hint that youngster dismissed by Arne Slot could have a bigger role with Andoni Iraola

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One of Liverpool supporters’ biggest problems with Arne Slot was his apparent disinterest in the club’s academy and its top young players.Though the Dutchman arrived with a reputation for developing youngsters and integrating them into the first-team, he rarely showed that at Anfield.More than that, though, Slot actively went out of his way to downplay the talent of one player in particular: Calvin Ramsay, who became a symbol for some fans of why Slot was not the right man to lead Liverpool. Make ONE prediction about the rest of Dominik Szoboszlai’s Liverpool career He's here for the next FIVE years 😍 Credit: Getty Images/Liverpool FC The former head coach intimated that Ramsay was not good enough on more than one occasion, and despite having no senior right-backs to call upon for much of the season, would rather shoehorn Dominik Szoboszlai or Curtis Jones in at full-back instead of giving the Scotsman his chance.After another disappointing campaign, Ramsay had looked likely to leave this summer, but with six weeks left of the window, he is still a Liverpool player.

Moreover, the Reds are yet to sign a senior right-back, and after the Reds listed him as a senior player on their official squad list, there is a chance he gets a look in under Andoni Iraola.Ramsay included as a senior Liverpool playerRight-back has become a real problem for Liverpool since Trent Alexander-Arnold departed last summer, and the longer they go without signing a player, the more chance there is that the issue simply continues.Ramsay was initially signed as a potential long-term successor to Alexander-Arnold, and though things have gone badly wrong for him in the four years since his arrival from Aberdeen, he clearly has some potential.Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Which Liverpool players will be the next to return for pre-season and when will they arriveBack in the building and training under Iraola from day one, maybe the door is still open for him to make a late impact with the Reds.In any case, the 22-year-old is one of four young players included on Liverpool’s list of senior players, five counting Rio Ngumoha, alongside Trey Nyoni, James McConnell and Stefan Bajcetic. All have a chance of more game time under Iraola, but, given the right-back issues, Ramsay has to seize this opportunity.Last chance saloon time for RamsayPart of Ramsay’s problem at Liverpool has simply been staying fit.

He arrived with a previously undetected issue, and has just never been able to fully move past it.If he can have an injury-free pre-season and impress Iraola, though, maybe he can finally become the right-back Liverpool always hoped he would.If not, he will turn 23 at the end of July, and with his contract ending next summer, a permanent move should be sought in the coming weeks.As a result, the tour of the USA really is last chance saloon for Ramsay at Liverpool. He is clearly being spotlighted to some degree and has an outside chance of taking on a much bigger role with the Reds.