Just when the scale of Ryan Kent’s ambition appears to be clear, he offers up one more surprise.

The Liverpool youngster shunned the easy option by joining Freiburg on loan at the end of the summer transfer window, leaving behind his family and friends in order to step outside the comfort zone, but the hurdles he has lined up for himself will not be allowed to become barriers to progress.

“I think I can be young player of the year here,” the 20-year-old said. At Freiburg? “No, the Bundesliga,” he adds with a smile.

Kent will stand or fall by his belief, but the comment offers further proof of his refusal to merely make up the numbers and hints at the drive and determination that