An 11-year-old aspiring footballer has been invited to train within Liverpool's academy set-up in Scandinavia after being rejected by Swedish club Kalmar FF.
The unnamed 11-year-old hopeful attended Kalmar's academy, but was let go after just a single training session.
His father was stunned and wrote to Kalmar daily Barometern, informing the paper of the incident. He explained: "We were shocked and concerned."
However, the man who works for Liverpool's academy in Scandinavia, Bernt Jo Vole, has invited the youngster to the Reds' academy.
Vole believes that it is impossible to fully form an opinion of how good a player can eventually be at just 11 years old and believes that any youngster can be made better.
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The Liverpool talent spotter, speaking about when he learned of the 11-year-old's release, said: "I reacted at once. He can come to our soccer school. We have coaches from Liverpool's academy and our position is that everyone can get better.
"We put an emphasis on involving the children and that they do their best. He should come to us and make something positive out of what has happened.
"I have always said that you can not only find talent when children are 12 years old – you never know when someone will get good."
The youngster's father is understandably delighted and is ready to accept on behalf of his son.
"We are shocked. How thoughtful. We are very happy and the gesture is fantastic", he said.
"We will provisionally accept", he added.
Kalmar currently play in the Swedish top flight and find themselves sitting eleventh after 20 games played so far.
