Liverpool teenager makes under-23 break through.
Liverpool flop Lazar Markovic remained at the club this transfer window, against the odds after a move to Belgium fell through.
The Serbian flopped following a big money move under Brendan Rodgers and has been cast side from Jurgen Klopp’s squad to play with the under-23s.
Markovic was in the Liverpool under-23 side at the weekend which was knocked out of the Premier League Cup competition by West Bromwich Albion.
The big story was the player who replaced him and almost inspired a successful fightback.
16-year-old attacker Fidel O’Rourke nearly made the breakthrough, with Liverpool’s official website picking out his ‘lively’ performance for praise.
This was O’Rourke’s under-23 debut and despite the defeat it was a good way to start.
O’Rourke was born back in 2002 and has been playing for Liverpool’s under-18s this season.
A strong start has seen him net two goals in three games, enough for him to get the call up to the under-23s.
Outperforming Markovic on his bow may say as much about the Serbian’s predicament as it does about the teenager’s emerging talent, with the two players moving in very different directions.
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