Liverpool have been steadily assembling the team of tomorrow over the past few years. The Reds have brought in Billy Koumetio, Sepp van den Berg, Melkamu Frauendorf and Harvey Elliott to name but a handful of youngsters. The club look set to continue with their youth first policy, according to reports in Sweden, Liverpool are tracking Icelandic wonderkid Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson.
Liverpool youth recruitment
The Reds academy has been steadily stacked with foreign talent in the past few years.
The signing of Sepp van den Berg was something of a coup given the amount of itnerest in him from across Europe.
Melkamu Frauendorf’s arrival over the summer added further international pedigree to the U18s ranks.
Meanwhile Billy Koumetio has been impressing fans and coaches alike with his mature training sessions and performances – the Frenchman is tipped for a bright future at Anfield.
Liverpool tracking Jóhannesson
According to Expressen in Sweden, Liverpool are tracking 17-year-old Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson.
The Icelandic centre midfielder has been a first team regular for Swedish side IFK Norrköping.
At just 17-years-old he has made 20 starts and three sub appearances this season, netting four goals and bagging 10 assists across all competitions.
What RTK has to say
We can’t pretend that we know a great deal about this Icelandic wonderkid but it is always exciting to be linked with the new next best thing.
If he is starting this regularly in top flight senior football then he must have something about him.
We have seen youngsters from Scandinavia slip through our fingers previously, Martin Odegaard got away and he’s gone on to be a hit in La Liga – we need to be careful not to make the same mistake here.
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