Deal done: Liverpool confirm new contract in official announcement from the club | OneFootball

One Liverpool player has today signed a new contract with the Merseyside club.

Fans have been waiting for months to see if Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold – each of whose current deals expire in June – will renew with the Premier League leaders, and the wait will have to go on for a little while longer.

However, there has been white smoke from Anfield regarding an up-and-coming prospect who’s evidently regarded quite highly by the club’s hierarchy.

Liverpool confirm new contract for Bailey Hall

On Thursday lunchtime, Liverpool FC announced via their official website and social media channels that Bailey Hall has signed his first professional contract with the Reds.

The 17-year-old goalkeeper joined the Merseyside giants from his native Sunderland four years ago and has been playing regularly with Marc Bridge-Wilkinson’s under-18 side this season.

He’s also been included habitually in matchday squads for the under-19s’ UEFA Youth League campaign, albeit without getting on the pitch in the European tournament due to the presence of Kornel Misciur in the starting line-up.

Another promising youngster for Liverpool fans to watch eagerly!

Congratulations to young Hall on signing his first professional contract – always a momentous day for aspiring footballers seeking to forge out a career in the game – and what a place at which to do so!

Obviously he won’t be thrust into the first team any time soon, having yet to play beyond under-18 level, but he can take heart from seeing numerous prospects at Liverpool being given their senior bow in recent months and years.

Just as Jurgen Klopp put his faith in Trent, Curtis Jones, Caoimhin Kelleher, Harvey Elliott, Jarell Quansah, Ben Doak, Jayden Danns and others, Arne Slot has handed first-team minutes to the likes of Trey Nyoni, Amara Nallo, Isaac Mabaya and Rio Ngumoha.

Of course it’s harder for a goalkeeper to make the leap given that there’s only one clearly predefined berth in the line-up for them, but once Hall continues to do the right things at academy level, it’s quite plausible that his opportunity will come. If and when it does, he just needs to be ready to seize it.

Kudos to him for signing that all-important first pro contract, and here’s hoping that he can make an impact for Liverpool’s senior side in years to come.