If all eyes will be on how new signing Darwin Nunez adjusts to life in the Liverpool first team, at the Academy there's a forward more concerned with making up for lost time.
Layton Stewart had started to make his mark at under-23 level in March last year when he suffered an ACL injury that kept him on the sidelines for 13 months.
The 19-year-old returned before the end of the last campaign and will now look to maintain encouraging pre-season form when Barry Lewtas's side - now an U21 team - begin their Premier League 2 campaign against champions Manchester City at Kirkby on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 2pm).
