Henderson and Alexander-Arnold name three Liverpool prospects with big futures

Tyler Morton is the latest Liverpool youngster to be tipped for big things with Jordan Henderson heaping praise on the teenager.

The academy graduate has gradually seen his involvement increase, being handed a Premier League start in the draw at Tottenham recently.

Morton has broken into the midfield, which is already a competitive area of the squad.

Henderson, playing alongside the 19-year-old, has seen first hand how impressive his teammate has been.

Morton was handed a start in the win over AC Milan in the San Siro, with the Reds captain impressed by his composure.

"Tyler has been brilliant over the last few months, I really think he has improved," he told the club's website.

"He has obviously learned and listened to a lot of the lads around him in training and being around the lads, in the dressing room and in training, it will certainly help him.

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"And I think that has helped him going into games, I think he has looked comfortable and he hasn't looked fazed at all and he has done really well.

"So hopefully he can just carry on doing that. He is a great lad as well, he has worked extremely hard and I'm sure he'll have a big future ahead of him."

Morton is one of several youngsters to be handed minutes by Jurgen Klopp.

The greatest academy success of Klopp's tenure has been Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has become a potent attacking weapon.

The right-back is now among the finest in the world in his position, drawing comparisons with club great Steven Gerrard due to his delivery.

Now 23, Alexander-Arnold is seeing the next wave of stars burst into the first team.

Harvey Elliott, who saw his season cut short by an injury at Leeds is among those mentioned as having bright futures as is winger Kaide Gordon.

"Of who's in and around the first team now, I would say Harvey," Alexander-Arnold said.

"But if it's someone who's academy-based, then I'd say Kaide. Both have got massive, massive bags of potential."

Gordon, signed from Derby County, is a winger, which means he is pushing for opportunities in another competitive area.

He has impressed when given an opportunity and Pep Lijnders was so impressed early on that he immediately called Klopp to rave about the teenager.

"About Kaide, before pre-season we always make sure that our biggest talents, or our talents, start a week earlier than we start, so they start with the U23s training," he said.

"So I went to watch U23s training and I see one player and he has fire in each moment he touched the ball!

"He passes players like they are not standing there, so I call Jurgen [Klopp] immediately like, 'Wow, we have a new player here!'"