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Ben Woodburn's future at Liverpool may have been called into question following a tough week.

The club confirmed on Monday that the winger fractured his metatarsal last weekend having been on the receiving end of a heavy challenge against Accrington Stanley, a tackle the club is believed to be unhappy with.

It is a big blow for the 19-year-old who was experiencing his first run of regular games at senior level, and he will likely be very frustrated by being unable to develop further, particularly as he likely harbours ambitions of making the Reds' first-team.

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Since this is the latest in a line of injuries there is some doubt over whether he will break into Jurgen Klopp's plans, particularly as there are several players head of him and other youngster coming through, whilst Woodburn is still yet to convince after bursting onto the scene with his record-breaking goal against Leeds in 2016.

The academy graduate still has more than two years remaining on his current contract, but his progression has stagnated in recent times and after a failed loan move to Sheffield United last term, which was cut short through injury, he seems to have gone backwards.

He failed to make an impression at the Blades with only two starts and didn't win the trust of Chris Wilder, and though he has featured regularly for the U's this campaign, he has only one goal from 12 games to boast of.

Woodburn's injury record and frail stature could mean that he isn't cut out for the Premier League, particularly with the Reds where there is a plethora of world-class talent in the side, with other top-quality internationals like Xherdan Shaqiri and Divock Origi also struggling for game time.

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Added to that, there are positive signs from youngsters currently playing in the U23s team, with Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott recently impressing for the first-team against MK Dons, and therefore the Wales international faces an uphill battle to get into the first-team squad.

The Reds are now in a place where they are competing for the title and hoping for success in Europe, too, so there are limited opportunities for Klopp to blood youngsters, particularly players who are unable to show consistent performances like Woodburn.

As a result, it looks unlikely he will feature for the first-team in the foreseeable future and he may be better off moving on in order to find game time, stability, and hopefully for his sake, somewhere he can stay injury-free.