It was really now or never for the 22-year-old midfielder Tom Hill. – After a round with manager Arne Slot, it became clear that the midfield of the world’s best team is too tight to be able to promise Tom Hill any playing time.

Tom Hill has risen through the ranks at Liverpool and mostly played for youth and reserve teams.

Liverpool writes on their pages: Liverpool thanks The academy graduate joined the club’s youth ranks at pre-academy level and represented the Reds at all stages, most recently captaining Barry Lewtas’ U21 side at Kirkby.

Hill made his senior debut for the club at Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup in 2019, and also sat on the bench in the Europa League last season. The Formby-born player signed his first professional contract with the Reds in 2020 but saw an injury later that year rule him out for the following 20 months.

At the end of 2021-22, he returned, before being included in the senior team’s tour of Asia in July 2022.

He is now making the move to League Two club Harrogate Town on a permanent deal to start the next stage of his professional career. Everyone at LFC wishes Tom the best of luck in the future.

Harrogate Town, who are in 18th place in League Two, still have time to invite their newly acquired player for a cup of tea before the seriousness starts again and show us some nice furniture.

Tom Hill has played one U21 international match with Wales.