Youngsters promoted to Melwood

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http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164735090612-1326.htm

Five of the players who helped Liverpool reach the FA Youth Cup final last season have been promoted to Melwood.
Lauri Dalla Valle (17), Christopher Buchtmann (17), David Amoo (18), Nathan Eccleston (18) and Alex Kacaniklic (17) will now train full-time with John McMahon's reserves.

Also making the step up is last season's U18s goalkeeper Christopher Oldfield (18), who didn't play in the Youth Cup but joined the reserves on their recent trip to Holland.

Finnish hitman Dalla Valla scored 20 goals in 28 appearances for the U18s last term, while left-back Buchtmann was a star as Germany U17 won the European Championships last month.

Goalscorer Eccleston divided his time between Melwood and the Academy in 2008-09 but will now hope to feature regularly alongside the likes of Krisztian Nemeth and Daniel Pacheco.

Former Millwall prodigy Amoo is a powerful right winger who tore defences apart during last season's Cup run, while Swedish hopeful Kacaniklic impressed on the other wing.

Meanwhile, we can reveal the names of those who will start scholarships at the Academy next term. They are: Karl Clair, Conor David Coady, Adam Ryan Dawson, John Flanagan, Marcus Giglio, Michael Ihiekwe, Matthew Lawrence McGiveron, Craig Roddan, Alex Whittle, Andre Wisdom, Aaron King and Robert Maloney.

Got high hopes for those 5 lads...........buchtmann has been getting rave reviews obviously, but i am looking forward to seing Kacaniklic only seen him 4/5 times and every time he looked brilliant.

[Kenneth]

Dala Valla will become a regular for our first team. I can feel it in me waters.

[andyhanrahan]

Marcus Giglio-hope this guy makes it what a name

[Chrono]

Dala Valla will become a regular for our first team. I can feel it in me waters.

Absolutely, next breakthrough

[BrianF80]

Dala Valla will become a regular for our first team. I can feel it in me waters.

I was even more sure about Nemeth. Not so much now.

[Mike]

No promotion for Thomas Ince

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Christopher Buchtmann. I haven't seen much of him but he is very highly rated across europe. Supposedly one of the stars of the european championships. Could be our 1st choice left back for years to come

[Mike]

Will be interesting to see who makes the biggest impact for the ressies.

Amoo looked lively and coped well when he got his chance.

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No promotion for Thomas Ince

isnt he a year younger than most on the list? he has just turned 17.

Buchtmann can play on the left wing, Kacanclick is a left winger to and from what i have seen Alex is better at the moment than young ince

[shanks69]

isnt he a year younger than most on the list? he has just turned 17.

Buchtmann can play on the left wing, Kacanclick is a left winger to and from what i have seen Alex is better at the moment than young ince

ye he just about made the youth cup team,he was the youngest on the pitch in the final i think.

[Ben_Itez]

Got high hopes for all of these boys, along with a few others in the U18's and a few of our current reserves.

I think we're starting to see the Rafa effect where young players get the chance at 17/18 to get to reserve level where they'll be given until they're 21/22 to see if they'll make it. It'll be obvious some wont make it and they'll be let go earlier but if Rafa sees a player he likes he'll give them until they're at least 22 til he decides they're not good enough.

This year i think we'll see a bit more of Spearing and in the Carling Cup we'll actually be excited to watch as we'll have a team full of promising youngsters.

[Shanks]

Anyone from the youth/reserve set up that manages to break into the first team, with all the crazy money that is flying around,
will have to have something special.

Imagine how the Man City Youth lads must be feeling.

[squaddie]

Anyone from the youth/reserve set up that manages to break into the first team, with all the crazy money that is flying around,
will have to have something special.

Imagine how the Man City Youth lads must be feeling.

[cumbriankop]

wisdom was the youngest in the final - 15
he has time on his side for another 3 finals

[tommyg]

20 in 28 is good for any competition!