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title: "Virals: Liverpool starlet Kaide Gordon catches the eye in friendly defeat"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/virals-liverpool-starlet-kaide-gordon-catches-the-eye-in-friendly-defeat/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2021-07-30T11:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-07-30T11:00:00Z"
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# Virals: Liverpool starlet Kaide Gordon catches the eye in friendly defeat

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/07/30/virals-liverpool-enquire-over-juventus-midfielder-dejan-kulusevski/) manager [Jurgen Klopp](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/07/22/virals-jurgen-klopp-shares-moment-with-ben-davies-ahead-of-debut/) has been running the rule over the squad during a pre-season training camp over the last few weeks.

Reds young and old joined [headed to Austria](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/437527-revealed-liverpool-austria-training-camp-plans-pre-season) to help the first team prepare for the upcoming 2021/22 season and have recently embarked on a range of friendly matches.

The latest instalment saw a return for Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez as Klopp’s men [went down 4-3](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12367429/hertha-berlin-4-3-liverpool-virgil-van-dijk-and-joe-gomez-make-long-awaited-reds-return-from-injury) to Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin on Thursday.

However, teen sensation Kaide Gordon was the [name on many lips](https://twitter.com/LFCTransferRoom/status/1420842327464087554) after the 16-year-old once again caught the eye.

> Twitter: This boy is going to be something 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 ![💫](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.1.0/svg/1f4ab.svg) https://t.co/cjRdlyfBV9 (@LFCTransferRoom)

Gordon followed up a [stellar display](https://twitter.com/AnfieldEdition/status/1417520956382367747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1417526286315106304%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-5540203974152410111.ampproject.net%2F2107170150000%2Fframe.html) against FC Wacker Innsbruck with another all-action outing against tough German top-flight opposition.

Signed from Derby County in February having already made a [Championship debut](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kaide-gordon/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/732119/saison/2020/wettbewerb/GB2/verein/22) for the Rams, the right-winger [scored six goals and added three assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kaide-gordon/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/732119/wettbewerb/GB18) in just eight U18 Premier League outings for the young Reds.

[Dubbed](https://theathletic.com/2346323/2021/01/26/liverpool-kaide-gordon-derby/) the ‘best 16-year-old in the country’, the [England youth ace](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kaide-gordon/nationalmannschaft/spieler/732119/verein_id/23260) also made a [goalscoring Premier League 2 debut](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kaide-gordon/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/732119/plus/0/saison/2020/wettbewerb/GB21/verein/9252) for Liverpool in May.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Albeit perhaps a little too early to envisage Gordon in the first-team immediately, there is no doubt that the [youngster is striving](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kaide-gordon/profil/spieler/732119) for a plan in Klopp’s plans.

Learning from the likes of [Mohamed Salah and Harvey Elliott](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team) will do the teen no harm whatsoever and Kopites can certainly get excited about the prospect.

Perhaps a role on the bench or a domestic cup appearance beckons in the 2021/22 campaign.