It can be often be difficult for young players in certain positions to make it at Liverpool football club, and goalkeeper is possibly the hardest position of all to break into. Danish stopper Martin Hansen has found this out over the last five years at Anfield, and now it seems he's had enough of sitting on the sidelines.
Hansen joined the Liverpool Football Club Academy as a 16 year old in 2006, and in the last six years he's made a grand total of zero first team appearance. The Dane made it into in four premier league matchday squads under Roy Hodgson, but since Kenny Dalglish arrived a year ago, he seems to have dropped out of first team contention altogether.
Now, Hansen's agent, Gulli Tomasson, has revealed that the young stopper wants to leave Liverpool and return to Denmark. He told bold.dk:
"Martin wants to leave [Liverpool] and return home to Denmark, either now or later this summer. He has 18 months left on his contract, so it might be a possibility that he is loaned out now, or that he is sold for a small amount,"
"If nothing happens now, he could be allowed to leave on a free transfer this summer, so we are busy investigating the possibilities for Martin."
To be honest, I don't understand why any young goalkeeper (who actually wants to play games) would come to Liverpool. Granted, there's the prestige of being part of a historically famous club, but what's the point if you've never got any chance of making it?
I can't think of one young keeper in the last 40 years who has actually started off in the youth set-up, progressed into the first team and become established as the club's number one.
Like most clubs, Liverpool tend to recruit experienced goalkeepers from elsewhere rather than bring youngsters through the ranks.
Jaimie Kanwar
Hansen joined the Liverpool Football Club Academy as a 16 year old in 2006, and in the last six years he's made a grand total of zero first team appearance. The Dane made it into in four premier league matchday squads under Roy Hodgson, but since Kenny Dalglish arrived a year ago, he seems to have dropped out of first team contention altogether.
Now, Hansen's agent, Gulli Tomasson, has revealed that the young stopper wants to leave Liverpool and return to Denmark. He told bold.dk:
"Martin wants to leave [Liverpool] and return home to Denmark, either now or later this summer. He has 18 months left on his contract, so it might be a possibility that he is loaned out now, or that he is sold for a small amount,"
"If nothing happens now, he could be allowed to leave on a free transfer this summer, so we are busy investigating the possibilities for Martin."
To be honest, I don't understand why any young goalkeeper (who actually wants to play games) would come to Liverpool. Granted, there's the prestige of being part of a historically famous club, but what's the point if you've never got any chance of making it?
I can't think of one young keeper in the last 40 years who has actually started off in the youth set-up, progressed into the first team and become established as the club's number one.
Like most clubs, Liverpool tend to recruit experienced goalkeepers from elsewhere rather than bring youngsters through the ranks.
Jaimie Kanwar
Definitely not realistic to expect to get much game time. With us not being in Europe, we have not even been able to use the Carling Cup for our youngsters and squad players. I think that the squad set up needs a rethink, however. We should have a first 13 or 14 players who are first teamers and the remainder should be youngsters. Our squad players just are not good enough or worth the money. That is how Tottenham have gone and, sure, it does leave you vulnerable to injuries but we are meant to have better youngsters than Tottenham and the best way for them to progress is to play more first team matches.
ReplyDeletePlay To Young GK Is a Big Risk , You Know . It's NOT Matter If We Had Some Young Players In Other They Can Grow Up For First Team ! If Hansen Really Like LFC We Can Buy In Future and In Other Hand Really Not Matter ,,,
ReplyDeleteI always think the same thing, unless you are UNBELIEVABLY talented for your age and you can work out a loan away once you have signed.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't/doesnt stand a chance of ever playing really, its obvious for everyone to see he won't ever be Liverpool no.1 (or 25) standard
Let him leave either on loan or otherwise to get the exposure. iT WILL BE A WIN -WIN situation.
ReplyDeleteI can understand why young players come to Liverpool, as it is the chance to work with, you would hope, first class coaching staff. And if you do make it, then you are at one of the biggest clubs in the World. In the case of a goalkeeper, there have been many keepers who, though not making it at Liverpool, have gone on to have long careers elsewhere. But if you get into the team then Liverpool don't tend to change keepers very often.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I don't understand anyone sitting on the bench or in the reserves for too long. A footballers career is short, though keepers go on longer, and not playing first team football seems a waste. Being a keeper is particularly difficult, as there is only one place up for grabs, and if the No1 plays, is consistent, and hardly get injured, then you may never get a game for years. Take a bow Mr Dudek at Real. To go from winning the Champions League to warming Real's bench for years seems a very strange choice to me.
At some point they must say to themselves 'I need to be playing in a first team somewhere'.
Disappointed that he didn't go on loan more. He is now, what, 21 and he hasn't had one season long spell. You need to play, to develop.
ReplyDeleteBut its hard anyway for a youth keeper at a big club to make it.
As the big club rarely throw in young keepers into the first team, unless they have done the business elsewhere. Hansen hasn't.
keeper usually become consistent later than outfield players, so aren't trusted as early as outfield players...usually anyway.
I think the bottom line is that they need to play as much first team football they can, even if it means going out on loan.
The answer is simple, he is not good enough for LFC. I saw him play for reserves, he does not look good. He never impressed me. But i agree youths are not being given fair chance. For example, Martin Kelly and Raheem Sterling. Ok Kelly is being denied by Glen Johnson but i think Sterling should have been given last 10-15mins to replace likes of Downing, Bellamy or Carroll. I wonder if Owen would be in youth now, he would never have scored for us at age of 18yrs, would he? same applies for Fowler.
ReplyDeletehad me shitting myself thought it was matrin skrtle
ReplyDeleteHis father is the was let go by liverpool a few months ago, this is the reason he is leaving.
ReplyDeleteFor him it is best he returns to Danemark. He really isn't going to have a chance of any future in Anfield. Reasonable for him to want to.
ReplyDeleteHansen, the scout, got let go at the end of the 2010, when Comolli came in and changed things.
ReplyDeleteAbout six scouts were let go at the time, including Hansen and Eduardo Macia, as well as other coaches. Most of them brought in by Rafa, according to comments made by Hansen.
Comolli's new regime I guess
Why not mind your own business. It's a free country, and players have freedom of movement, why not take advantage of some top class coaching. Who cares about your repeated IMO's.
ReplyDeleteThat's how Kanwar reels you into to his site littered with dating ads.
ReplyDeleteI hoped it was
ReplyDeletescott carson is the last youngster to wear the jersey for the first team in goal.
ReplyDeleteand rumor has it that reina is pondering an exit again...
wish we had cavalieri as the second stringer... he is a worthy keeper.
Hold on - quite a few youngsters have made it through the academy recently (Flano, Kelly, Spearing, etc) and into our first team. We all know the GK spot is one of the most pressured roles on the pitch with one mistake sometimes enough to cost you the match. Its tough to break into the starting eleven as first choice GK in any top side and LFC is no different. Keepers join the Liverpool's, Chelsea's and United's of this world so that they can train within a top setup and know that they will likely end up loaned or sold before breaking into the senior side. Their long-term chances of having a lengthy career as a professional footballer are immeasurably increased by having LFC on their CV. This is the reality of professional sport. I don't know why this seems to be a mystery to Jaimie.
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