Not for seven months has 17-year-old Liverpool prodigy Kaide Gordon kicked a ball in a competitive fixture.
It will have undoubtedly been one of the most frustrating periods of the Liverpool winger's novice career to date, with his outing in a 3-0 defeat to Leeds United under-21s at Elland Road in February his last of what was a largely successful first full campaign on Merseyside.
Having made his senior debut for Derby County in December 2020, just weeks before completing a move to Liverpool, Gordon became the Rams' fourth youngest-ever debutant as he was handed his Championship introduction by the club's former boss Wayne Rooney; a man who knows all about being thrust into the limelight of the senior game while still such an adolescent figure.
