Liverpool teenager Rhian Brewster will be promoted to the senior squad upon his return to fitness at the start of next season.

Manager Jurgen Klopp rates the 17-year-old so highly he has already informed the striker of his intentions, helping his morale as he continues his rehabilitation from an ankle ligament injury that needed two operations.

Brewster’s recovery is being overseen at the first team HQ at Melwood rather than the Kirkby Academy, a symbolic gesture to recognise more senior status.

Surgery on his right ankle has prematurely ended Brewster’s campaign, a year in which he rose to prominence after firing England Under 17 World Cup glory.

These heights were followed by setbacks, racism claims against Spartak Moscow defender Leonid Mironov not supported by UEFA, citing lack of evidence, and then the injury ending his chances of playing again in this campaign.