Newly-appointed Liverpool coach Jay Spearing has likened his excitement about returning to the club to a 'kid on Christmas.'
Spearing was a product of Liverpool's academy and made 55 senior appearances between 2008-2013 under managers Rafael Benitez, Roy Hodgson, Kenny Dalglish and Brendan Rodgers before leaving his boyhood club to sign for Bolton Wanderers in 2013.
Having accumulated over 300 appearances across the English Football League and a wide portfolio of experience in the nine years since, earlier this month it was announced the 33-year-old would be returning to the Reds' academy as a player-coach over the coming campaign.