Suso A Gem For Liverpool

His name is definitely easy to remember, going by Suso instead of Jesus Joaquin Fernandez Saez de la Torre.

Liverpool’s new No. 4 is just shy of his 19th birthday, and is already receiving high praise from captain Steven Gerrard and manager Brendan Rodgers, despite the season being less than two months old and barely making a handful of appearances -- a testament to the player’s strong work ethic and skill.

The club’s youth academy has not produced a decent quality squad player worthy of mention since the days of Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen and Gerrard. Liverpool has relied on transfer deals to bolster their roster, taking chances on questionable foreign projects or players past their best, instead of building from within and developing talent. Results have mirrored this dysfunctional ideology. But things have changed for the better in recent years.


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