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Daily Mirror
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Ricky Charlesworth

Jurgen Klopp used Reading star as example for Liverpool wonderkids to take "opportunity"

Nowadays, Ovie Ejaria is plying his trade in the Championship - but not that long ago he was the poster boy for Liverpool's academy stars.

The winger moved to Anfield in 2014 after making the switch from boyhood club Arsenal. He spent six years on Merseyside and made a handful of senior appearances while being loaned out on three separate occasions.

But it was in 2016 that he made the big breakthrough under Jurgen Klopp, who held high hopes for the talented midfielder. The London-born ace impressed on a pre-season tour and it led to him featuring sporadically in the first team the following campaign.

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