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Liverpool have a rather exciting youngster on their hands.

Rhian Brewster, the striker who lit up the Under-17 World Cup when England were victorious in 2017, scored eight goals at the tournament, winning the Golden Boot, and is training with the Reds on their pre-season tour of the United States.

He is so highly thought of at Anfield that he signed a five-year contract in 2018.

He has yet to make his senior competitive debut for the club, but he has been exposed to the first-team.

He was on the bench for the miraculous 4-0 win over Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final and again for the final, as Tottenham Hotspur were beaten 2-0 in Madrid.

Brewster has also been a substitute in the Premier League, as the Reds lost 2-1 to Crystal Palace in 2017.

But the Reds would be well advised to avoid simply sticking Brewster in their first-team and hoping for the best in 2019/20.

Admittedly, there isn’t a whole lot of depth beyond the fabled front three of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane but he is not yet ready to be thrown in the deep end.

He is a prodigious talent and such youngsters have to be given an opportunity to play regularly.

The best place for that to happen remains in Liverpool’s youth teams.

He has made 21 appearances for the Under-23s, scoring nine goals and providing nine assists, and has had 11 outings for the Under-18s, scoring five times.

This is not to say that Brewster simply cannot be playing for the first-team.

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But manager Jurgen Klopp will have to be careful with his exposure.

Brewster is best off playing regularly and being called upon when he is needed.

If Liverpool draw lower-league opposition in the FA Cup or the Carabao Cup, there is nothing to say he cannot be called upon.

Ditto if the Reds have a Champions League dead rubber, say at the end of the group stages, then one has to feel that Brewster could replace Salah and play up front.

But routinely placing him on the bench for Premier League outings doesn’t do anything to serve his development; if Liverpool want him to be the best he can be, he absolutely must be playing regularly.