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Nathan Bliss

The Liverpool youngsters with the highest potential according to Football Manager 2020

Liverpool have a great record of bringing young players through from the academy system and into the first team in recent years, most notably with Trent Alexander-Arnold.

There's also a lot of excitement about the next crop of youngsters, with the likes of Rhian Brewster, Sepp van den Berg, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott and Ki-Jana Hoever all featuring for the first team in recent years.

So who will be the next Liverpool youngster to break through into the first team lineup?

And, which young player has the most potential?

We used popular football management simulation game Football Manager 2020 to find out.

All players' ages are shown as of the start of the 2019/20 season.

On Football Manager, current ability is given as a value out of 200, so the closer to 200 your current ability is, the better the player is overall, and the same applies to potential ability on the game.

Here are Liverpool's best prospects according to FM20.

Liam Millar

Age: 19

Positions: AML/ST

Best attributes: Pace (18), acceleration (17), determination (15).

Current ability: 115/200

Potential ability: -75 (120-150)

Can become as good as:  Jadon Sancho (150/200)

Paul Glatzel

Age: 18

Positions: AMC/ST

Best attributes: Determination (16), heading (15), acceleration (13).

Current ability: 77/200

Potential ability: -75 (120-150)

Can become as good as: Marcus Rashford (150/200)

Leighton Clarkson

Age: 17

Positions: DM/CM/AMC

Best attributes: Natural fitness (15), passing (14), first touch (14).

Current ability: 70/200

Potential ability: -75 (120-150)

Can become as good as: Ruben Dias (150/200)

Billy Koumetio

Age: 16

Positions: CB

Best attributes: Heading (12), marking (12), jumping reach (12), natural fitness (12)

Current ability: 60/200

Potential ability: -75 (120-150)

Can become as good as: Harry Maguire (150/200)

Sepp van den Berg

Age: 17

Positions: CB

Best attributes: Determination (17), aggression (15), natural fitness (15), teamwork (14).

Current ability: 99/200

Potential ability: -75 (120-150)

Can become as good as: Cesar Azpilicueta (150/200)

Sheyi Ojo

Age: 22

Positions: LM/AMR/AMC/AML

Best attributes: Acceleration (16), flair (15), pace (15), dribbling (14).

Current ability: 114/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Heung-min Son (160/200)

Curtis Jones

Age: 18

Positions: CM/AMR/AMC/AML

Best attributes: Flair (15), determination (15), first touch (13), dribbling (13).

Current ability: 101/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Isco (159/200)

Ben Woodburn

Age: 19

Positions: CM/AMR/AMC/AML/ST

Best attributes: Determination (15), dribbling (14), first touch (14), passing (14), vision (14).

Current ability: 117/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Thomas Muller (160/200)

Ki-Jana Hoever

Age: 17

Positions: CB/RB/RWB

Best attributes: Acceleration (13), dribbling (13), pace (13), composure (13)

Current ability: 96/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Giorgio Chiellini (170/200)

Harvey Elliott

Age: 16

Positions: AMR/AML

Best attributes: Technique (14), flair (14), aggression (14) anticipation (14)

Current ability: 104/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Ousmane Dembele (169/200)

Rhian Brewster

Age: 19

Positions: AMR/ST

Best attributes: Determination (18), finishing (14), acceleration (14), pace (14)

Current ability: 115/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (169/200)

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