Brewster switch is right move – Klopp

LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp insists it is more important for youngster Rhian Brewster to be play regular football again than stay at the club and hope for an opportunity.

The 20-year-old is highly-rated at Anfield but his chances have been limited so far - just four cup appearances - and with Diogo Jota arriving in a £43million deal last month his opportunities were further reduced.

After an impressive loan spell at Swansea in the second half of last season, where he scored 11 goals in 22 appearances, Klopp felt there was a need for the striker - who missed more than a year with a serious knee injury - to play full-time.

That is why they have agreed a £23million deal with Sheffield United, although to protect themselves have inserted a buy-back option active for three years plus a 15 per cent sell-on fee.

“He couldn’t make it here so far but he has made big steps in his development,” said Klopp.

“Rhian was really seriously injured and first we had to make sure he was ready again for all the demands of professional football and he is, 100 per cent.

“He played a really good half-season at Swansea, he was really impressive, he came (back) here and scored for us in preseason and you could see he made big steps.

“If Rhian would be now 25, 26 I would say ‘OK, you can stay and work for your chance and then don’t say I didn’t say you couldn’t stay’.

“But it is a different situation when you are younger, (it is important) a player like Rhian in this position up front makes now the next steps and uses the time he lost during the serious injury - so it is possible a move to another club would make sense.”