According to a recent report from The Liverpool Echo, Ben Woodburn looks set to be recalled from a loan spell come January. The Liverpool youngster made the move to Championship side Sheffield United at the start of the season in a bid for regular first team football under Chris Wilder, only for things to go awry for the Wales international to thus call his future at Bramall Lane into question.
And reports suggest that the young forward could be recalled by the Merseyside giants in the New Year with the aim to find him a better destination for the second half of the season, with Steven Gerrard’s Rangers the club he must seek to join given just how well fellow Liverpool youngster Ryan Kent is performing at Ibrox.
The Breakdown
Ultimately, 22-year-old Kent headed into the 2018/19 season needing a seriously good loan spell after struggling at Freiburg and Bristol City last time round, appearing a combined 17 times for the two clubs, and failing to net at all in those separate stints.
And the winger took the bold move to join Liverpool legend Gerrard at Rangers as the 38-year-old sought to bolster the Gers’ attacking ranks, and it has so far proven to be an inspired decision given just how good Kent has been for the Scottish giants.
The 22-year-old former England youth international has scored three goals and laid on one assist in 10 Scottish Premiership games for the Light Blues to help them to second place in the table, two goals and the assist of which coming in his four games prior to suffering a hamstring injury at the start of the month – thus, Kent was just beginning to get into his groove.
And Kent’s resurgence north of the border simply must be of interest to fellow Liverpool sensation Woodburn, who is also in need of a morale-boosting loan spell after struggling at Sheffield United so far this term.
The 19-year-old made the move to the Yorkshire outfit amid much excitement and anticipation, yet he has since only managed seven Championship appearances for the Blades, just two of which have come post-August.
And with only one start under Wilder so far this term, and no appearances in the matchday squad in seven of their last nine matches, Woodburn’s time away from Anfield simply isn’t having the desired effect – recalling him and sending him out on loan somewhere else in January appears to be the best option.
And given just how well Kent has benefited from his time at Rangers, £4.5 million-rated Woodburn (as per Transfermarkt) only need look at his Liverpool teammate to know that Ibrox is the place to be.
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