IRISH YOUNGSTER DANIEL CLEARY has left Liverpool, saying it was ‘time to move on’.
The 20-year-old Dubliner was on the fringes of the first-team during Brendan Rodgers’ time in charge but has found his chances limited since Jurgen Klopp arrived as manager.
Rodgers seemed to have plenty of time for the underage international, predicting last year that Cleary would have ‘a very good career in the game’.
“He is very committed”, Rodgers said.
I have seen developments in my time, as a young player, I’ve seen him improve.”
In September 2015, the defender was named on the Liverpool bench for the club’s Europa League tie in Bordeaux alongside the likes of Conor Randall, Pedro Chirivella and Cameron Brannagan.
But while Klopp has given those three players plenty of first-team opportunities this term, Cleary hasn’t been so fortunate.
He took to social media to share the news of his departure and said:
Been a crazy day for me saying goodbye to everyone at the club that I’ve been at 5 years made some friends for life in the time I’ve been here but it’s time to move on and see where my journey takes me.”
Cleary had been a part of the Liverpool academy since he was 11 years old but leaves Anfield having never made a senior appearance.
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Hope he does well in the future and it’s always disappointing when you Irish talent leave big clubs..
Young Irish talent sadly dont break through at big clubs anymore. Unless guardiola gives jack Byrne a chance, he has been known to promote youngsters but I can’t really see it happening
Young talent doesn’t break in at any English clubs anymore.. There’s so much money involved clubs don’t take the chance on young players, they buy in established players for 20 million instead.. Man City bought Patrick Roberts from Fulham for £12 Million but have him loaned out to Celtic for two years.. Money has ruined the chance of any underage talent breaking through any of the top EPL Clubs..
Best of luck to him. Robbie Brady had to leave Man U to break through so hopefully he’ll find his way with a smaller club on the up
Klopp didn’t arrive last summer .
Why the f*ck don’t you sign him???
Move on to where journal?
He doesn’t know himself yet
Another 20 year old not making it at a bigger club. He joins Graham Barrett, Conor Clifford, Anthony Stokes, Patrick Gregg, Conor Henderson, Rhys Murphy, Richie Partridge, and Robbie Brady as a player who started out with a big EPL team. This list keeps getting bigger at a faster rate. I’d rather younger players stayed here or went to Holland. When it comes to player development the EPL is a waste of time.