Tyler Morton made his first look of the season in Liverpool’s 5-1 win over West Ham within the Carabao Cup, after being ‘examined’ in numerous roles in coaching.
Morton got here off the bench within the second half of the Reds’ emphatic win at Anfield, making his first outing for the senior facet since March 2022.
His return to the first-team fold comes after profitable loans with Blackburn and Hull within the Championship, and following curiosity from plenty of golf equipment together with Bayer Leverkusen over the summer time.
Whereas Liverpool rejected gives for the 21-year-old midfielder, there was confusion over his lack of sport time thus far.
However that might change because the marketing campaign goes on, with Morton explaining how Arne Slot has been “testing” him in coaching.
“It’s been a large studying interval and a interval through which I’ve needed to be actually affected person and anticipate that probability to come back, however I’ve been actually working exhausting on myself,” he instructed the official matchday programme.
“To be a Liverpool footballer you’ve bought to have the ability to do a whole lot of issues and for me meaning taking part in each midfield positions, because the six and the eight who drops deeper to assist the No. 6.
“I’ve been studying each positions and the supervisor’s been testing me and placing me in positions the place I must get higher, which is simply going to assist me.
“That No. 8 is the place that I at all times performed after I was youthful, earlier than I got here into skilled soccer.
“I was a box-to-box eight, defending after which moving into the field to attain objectives and create.
“The supervisor’s modified my sport rather well and he’s serving to to develop me in conditions that I in all probability wouldn’t have had the prospect to be in after I was taking part in in simply the six function.
“I’ve discovered it powerful at instances being on the bench or not being on the bench however I really feel that my head is basically screwed on so I’m engaged on what I can do and giving all the things I can to be accessible to play.”
Round a month-and-a-half into Slot’s first marketing campaign, the pinnacle coach is already proving that gamers can earn their approach into his plans.
That might be the identical for Morton, who’s battling the likes of Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo for a spot within the squad.
“I like wholesome competitors and it’s greater than wholesome right here,” he continued.
“There are some unbelievable footballers because it’s one of many largest golf equipment on the earth and it’s an absolute pleasure to be right here.
“I battle and compete every single day to make it possible for I’m ready for every time I get the call-up and I’m prepared for no matter occurs subsequent.”