to become the club's youngest ever goalscorer at 17 years and 144 days old.

Within a year, the Englishman had become one of the hottest properties in world football, due to his brilliant goalscoring record and THAT incredible strike against Argentina at World Cup 1998.

By the time the striker left Anfield for Real Madrid in 2004, he had won the UEFA Cup, League Cup and FA Cup treble under Gerard Houllier and scooped the Ballon d'Or - only the fourth Englishman to ever do so after Stanley Matthews, Bobby Charlton and Kevin Keegan.

Ben Woodburn (17 years, 43 days)

Owen's record as the youngest goalscorer in LFC history stood for 19 years, until an Academy graduate by the name of Ben Woodburn struck against Leeds United in a League Cup quarter-finalaged just 17 years and 45 days.

The striker had made his Premier League debut a few days prior to that, coming on as 90th minute substitute for Georginio Wijnaldum in a 2-0 win over Sunderland.

Described as having the "perfect balance of talent and attitude" by manager Klopp, Woodburn earned the nickname 'The Prince of Wales' after scoring a sublime 25-yard winner on his international debut in September 2017.

Raheem Sterling (17 years, 107 days)

Raheem Sterling was cited as one of the most exciting talents in English football when he joined Liverpool from Queens Park Rangers' youth set up in February 2010.

Handed his Premier League debut two years later, aged 17 years and 107 days, he would go on to play an important part in Liverpool's title challenge in 2013-14,