"Wow" - Jurgen Klopp singles out Liverpool youngster in Austria with 'special talent'

Jurgen Klopp has backed Billy Koumetio to flourish at Liverpool after the youngster took part in first-team training. The 17-year-old centre-back has been hailed by the manager as a “special talent”. The Frenchman, who signed his first professional contract just last week, made the move to Merseyside from US Orleans in 2018. He has gone on to become a key player for Liverpool’s youth teams. "Billy the kid. He doesn't look like a kid!" Klopp told the club's official website. “In my opinion, his face looks like a kid but then all the rest is like, wow! I told him, 'Last time I saw you, you were like 20 centimetres less if I'm right.' That's pretty special. Yes, he's a big talent. "Billy was unfortunately injured for quite a while, so he's now coming back. The perfect situation would be that he maybe really first be with the U23s and stuff like this. But a training camp is a nice opportunity for him, it's good for us to see him. "I took him this morning [Sunday] in a session because we have to make sure we don't over-do [it] with him, it's very important. So he was not part of the last part of the session physically but I took him aside and explained what we do there. "I think things like this help him a lot and I'm pretty sure he will make big steps. We just have to make sure that we really deal with his age group and physical demands well." Source: Liverpool ECHO *Join us on Telegram!

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