‘I felt like: Former Reds youngster says why he now has no regrets about leaving Arne Slot’s Liverpool

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Trent Kone-Doherty’s Liverpool exit in February always looked like a career call more than a club rejection. Liverpool did at least protect themselves with a buy-back clause and sell-on clause, but for Kone-Doherty, progressing his senior career was the priority.

Torres vs Firmino Credit: Oli SCARFF/AFP/Matthew Ashton/AMA/Getty Images Now, he has opened up on why leaving Anfield had to happen.Trent Kone-Doherty didn’t see a future at Liverpool under Arne SlotKone-Doherty’s senior Liverpool career amounted to just two appearances, one in the FA Cup against Plymouth Argyle and another from the bench against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup.For a player at 19, that was not enough. That is why he had to make a difficult decision, as he revealed in an interview with the Irish Independent.He explained: “I was ready to start playing senior football, but at that moment I wasn’t getting that at Liverpool.

Liverpool clearly rated Kone-Doherty, but the pathway was becoming crowded and sporadic minutes were never going to accelerate his development.Molde gives him something Liverpool could not offer immediately, a genuine route into senior football. He needed games, he needed responsibility and he needed to step out of Liverpool’s shadow.READ MORE: How good is Trent Kone-Doherty and are Liverpool making a mistake letting him go?Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox