Celbridge youngster given new contract at Liverpool following promising season

Celbridge youngster Conor Masterson has been rewarded with a new contract at English football giants Liverpool after impressing Jurgen Klopp this season.

The club's manager has singled Masterson out for praise on a couple of occasions in the past few months, and he even showed enough faith in him to name him on the bench for the side's Champions League semi-final tie against Roma.

The 19-year-old previously starred for various Celbridge underage GAA teams, while he cut his teeth in soccer at Lucan United before eventually being spotted by Liverpool scouts.

Masterson signed a new contract alongside another youth academy product, George Johnston, and there are high hopes that he will see some first team action with the beaten European finalists next season.

It bodes well for Masterson that he was retained alongside highly rated centre-back Johnston, while there were 10 players released by the club today, including Emre Can who looks bound to join Juventus.

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There will be plenty of people in Celbridge looking out and wishing for some more steady progress from their local man next season.