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Liverpool news: Rio Ferdinand offers transfer advice to Dominic Solanke
LIVERPOOL forward Dominic Solanke has been urged to leave the Reds by Rio Ferdinand.
Solanke has got to leave Liverpool says Rio Ferdinand
The former Chelsea striker was snapped up by Jurgen Klopp after leaving the Blues on a free transfer last summer.
Liverpool's attackers Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane have all since stamped down their place in the German's starting XI, meaning Solanke has had to settle for a bit-part role on Merseyside.
And Ferdinand believes for the good of his career, the 21-year-old must look to leave the club in the near future.
"Obviously the players are not good enough (for these teams)," he told BT Sport.
These players obviously aren't being blooded properly
"The young kids like (Phil) Foden, (Ruben) Loftus-Cheek and Solanke who are winning tournaments for England at youth level, if they're good enough they'll be playing.
"It's such a lucrative game for these (club) managers and their jobs are on the edge every single game, and they want players who are going to win instantly.
"These players obviously aren't being blooded properly.
"Players are sitting on the bench now who are £50m players.
"The pathway for these young players to the first team is so difficult because of the investment that's going on.
"Solanke is sitting (on the bench) at Liverpool, he was sitting at Chelsea.
"He has gone to Liverpool for opportunities and he's not getting that. He has got to get out.
"If I'm a young sitting on the bench, or in the stands or not even travelling, I'm banging down the manager's door and asking if I'm playing or not."
Jose Mourinho recently namechecked Solanke when defending his use of Manchester United star Marcus Rashford.
“Marcus is not Dominic Solanke, not Ruben Loftus-Cheek, not Dominic Calvert-Lewin, he’s Marcus Rashford, a Manchester United player, with an incredible number of appearances and an incredible number of minutes played at the highest level in the best possible competitions," he told reporters.
“So Manchester United supporters, for you and just for you, to know what we are doing with Marcus, Luke Shaw, Jesse Lingard, Scott McTominay, that’s what we are doing here.”
Solanke was heavily linked with a move to Rangers in the summer.
But Klopp opted to keep the youngster at Anfield as backup.