Liverpool intend to 'raid' senior champions Sunderland for him SIGNING of 18-year-old academy talent Trey Ogunsuyi, according to reports.
Clubs increasingly want players from a young age and develop them internally, rather than going to the top of the transfer market for established stars.
As well as identifying local talent which includes poaching academy players from other clubs. To that end, the pearl of Liverpool's academy is Trey Nyoni, a player brought in from Leicester City at the age of 16. But they are certainly not alone in this tactic, with Manchester United famously poaching prolific prospect Chido Obi-Martin from Arsenal earlier this year.
of Daily Mail writes that the Reds are now monitoring versatile striker Ogunsuyi, who has scored five goals in five Premier League 2 appearances so far this season, playing with and against players up to a few years older.
And while the diminutive Belgium international is yet to make a senior debut for Sunderland, the youngster has been named on the bench by Regis Le Bris three times.
Sunderland is a club where young players are currently thriving. The Black Cats are aiming to return to the Premier League for the first time since 2017 and are doing so with a raw but talented squad – four of their five most-used players so far this season are aged 23 or younger ones. Of them, two are 19-year-old Jobe Bellingham and 17-year-old Chris Rigg.
Liverpool's youngsters also have plenty of promise. Jurgen Klopp famously relied on them during last season's triumphant Carabao Cup run, although the aforementioned Nyoni is the only teenager to have racked up any first-team minutes so far under Arne Slott.