Kent and Yesil near return to action
Michael Beale has reported positive news on the fitness of U21s duo Ryan Kent and Samed Yesil, who could each be in line to clock up minutes against Fulham next month.
Yesil's Liverpool career to date has been a frustrating tale of injury, with a succession of issues limiting the German striker's chances to show off his goalscoring prowess.
Two first-team appearances have come his way since a 2012 transfer from Bayer Leverkusen, but a carefully managed rehabilitation in the coming months may help to increase that tally.
Beale told Liverpoolfc.com: "Samed has been back in for about 10 days now. After such a long time out, he hasn't got that core fitness. But we're hoping by the Fulham game, he'll be ready to play some minutes.
"We want him to get a good three or four months of playing and a good pre-season in him, to show his own potential. His finishing is probably second-to-none in our group at U21s."
That Fulham contest on Tuesday April 7 could also involve Kent, who turned in a series of thrilling performances domestically and in Europe in the first half of the season.
His own injury arrived at a particularly inappropriate time, according to Beale, with clubs keen to take the tricky attacker on loan at the height of his incisive displays.
The U21s manager said: "Ryan is a really exciting player and can play in a number of positions. We can't rush him; we're hoping he can get some minutes in the Fulham game.
"When he got injured we were devastated for him because at the time Ryan was getting quite a bit of interest in terms of going out on loan and was a star player in the U21s."