Wales youngster Ben Woodburn is ready to drop into League One with Oxford United in a bid to kickstart his career again.
According to the Daily Mail Woodburn will join Oxford on loan for the season as he searches regular football.
The 19-year-old hit the national headlines three years ago as Liverpool's youngest scorer in history and also made an instant impact with Wales by revitalising their World Cup campaign under Chris Coleman.
But he has been unable to kick on and could spend the coming campaign playing against the likes of Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon and Lincoln City.
It's an incredible comedown for Woodburn, who was the kingpin of the record-breaking Wales age-grade side that beat England and France for the first time and also featured other gifted Welsh teens such as Ethan Ampadu.
However, he is desperate for week in, week out football after two seasons when he has played for Wales more than Liverpool. His breakthrough season at Anfield saw him feature nine times for the Reds and beat Michael Owen's youngest goalscorer record by netting against Leeds aged 17 years 45 days.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp still rates Woodburn highly and the teenager featured on their pre-season tour to the United States.
However, upon their return he was omitted from the 29-man squad for Liverpool's Premier League training camp in France and Klopp is hoping to strike a deal that gets Woodburn game time elsewhere.
Klopp feels Oxford boss Karl Robinson will help the Wales international rediscover his early promise.
It's a surprise, however, that a number of Championship clubs have not sought to snap up his undoubted talent for the 2019-20 campaign ahead.
Woodburn has not played for Liverpool since featuring against Brighton in March 2018, but he did net the winner for Ryan Giggs' Wales against Trinidad and Tobago at the Racecourse two months ago.
Klopp sent Woodburn on a loan spell at Sheffield United last season, but it didn't work out. He is hoping Woodburn makes enough of an impact at Oxford to push for a Liverpool place the following year.
