Manager REVEALS why it's all gone WRONG for record-breaking Liverpool forward

Liverpool’s use of the loan market has been incredibly fruitful for them so far this season.

Having sent multiple players out to the Championship, much like they did with Tyler Morton last season, their developments only seem to be going from strength to strength.

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Ben Doak at Middlesbrough, Lewis Koumas at Stoke City and Owen Beck at Blackburn Rovers have all made serious strides this season, with Doak in particular becoming one of the best wingers in the entire Championship.

One person it hasn’t worked for, however, is Kaide Gordon.

Why has it gone so wrong for Gordon?

Gordon has totalled only eight appearances at Norwich City so far this season and only one start. Those appearances have comprised just 165 minutes and he has grabbed just one goal in that time.

Gordon made his first appearance in nearly a month with an eight-minute cameo in Norwich’s 1-2 loss to Burnley at the weekend, but hasn’t had any substantial time on the pitch since his only start, a 2-0 loss to Sheffield Wednesday on November 5.

And Norwich manager Johannes Hoff Thorup has explained why in an interview with the Pink Un.

"He's struggling to get into the team with all it takes physically and especially tactically,” Thorup said.

"We try to develop him, improve him, have talks with him and treat him like one of the others as we are, of course, supposed to do. We will keep doing that.”

But addressing rumours Gordon may return to Liverpool to seek a loan move elsewhere, Thorup replied, "I don't think I will consider now whether he should go back in January because I see such a busy schedule, so I can easily see that he could make his way into the team again if he's training well and doing his stuff like he's supposed to do, then there is a way in for him.

"At the end, it is also up to him in his career what his next step should be. If he wants to stay here and fight, I would be more than happy about it because we need good players, and he is definitely a good player.”

It’s a difficult situation for Gordon, who became Liverpool’s youngest goalscorer in FA Cup history back in 2022 when he bagged in the Reds’ 4-1 win over Shrewsbury Town.

He is clearly a talented player, having 13 goal involvements for the under-23 Premier League 2 side in just 24 games, as well as 10 in 10 for the under-18s earlier in his career.

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