Former Liverpool star Adam Morgan, who earned the praise of club legend Robbie Fowler, has returned to the region with eighth-tier non-league side City of Liverpool FC.
The 30-year-old, who split with Brendan Rodgers in 2012, has had spells at Accrington Stanley, Yeovil Town and a host of other EFL and non-league clubs since leaving Anfield. He returned home in 2022 with Halewood Apollo.
With just one Liverpool goal under his belt, a pre-season friendly against Canadian side Toronto FC, Morgan never made it to Rodgers’ first team.
But that hasn’t stopped club legend Fowler from claiming that he is one of the club’s most productive finishers, despite the presence of Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge, and that he has a long brilliant career ahead of him on Merseyside.
In the same generation of youngsters as Raheem Sterling, Morgan joined the Reds in 2002 and made a call-up 8 years later, scoring 18 goals in just 16 games for the academy team.
Those feats earned him a chance with the first team and the plaudits of club legend Fowler, who saw the striker in action when he visited the academy for a training session.
Fowler said: “I think it’s huge for Adam to be involved in the first team on this tour, and it was brilliant that the coach gave him that opportunity.
“As a scorer, I think he’s fantastic. I had the opportunity to train with him at the Academy last year while I was training. He is very left-footed and his finish is very good. He’s calm in front of goal and Rushie I would tell you that too, if you’re calm and patient in the face of your purpose, then you have a chance.
“He never looks scruffy and that to me is a smart sign no matter what point you play. He’s a young kid, he’s got a lot to learn about his play outside of the box, but that’s going to come as a finisher that he’s going to be honest.
“It’s up to me to say what he deserves to do and so on, because I’m not with him all the time, but in the games I’ve seen him play, he’s good. He scored goals and it was a problem.
“He works hard and knows his job, which is to score goals. He has done it in each and every one of the points in which he has played so far. If they have given it to you, they have given it to you. You can tell it to the other person. “People know how to score, but you have to be instinctive, calm and patient, and it can take 89 minutes before you have a chance. “
Unfortunately, Morgan never made an impact at Liverpool. I rarely became a figure on Rodgers’ bench and made his senior debut against Hearts in one Europa League qualifier, starting the other and a subsequent organization match.
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That 2012 crusade was the only time Morgan played competitively for the Reds. He loaned it to Rotherham United in January and sold it to Yeovil a year later.
Morgan, who went from club to club almost every year, went through other levels of English football and even arrived in Ireland with Sligo Rovers in 2018.
Today, the forward has signed for Liverpool City, a club founded in 2015. His purple shirt and his nickname, “The Purps”, allude to the red of Liverpool and the blue of Everton.
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