Ka taƙaita labarin:  Kocin Liverpool Brendan Rodgers ya bayyana yadda kin amincewa a matsayin matashin dan wasa ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi don ba da Raheem Sterling da Jordon Ibe damar su a cikin tawagar farko. Rodgers ya kasa yin shi a matsayin ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa duk da barin Arewacin Ireland zuwa Ingila yana ɗan shekara 16 kuma yana horarwa tare da ƙungiyar matasa na Reading. Kocin Reds ya yi imanin cewa tunawa da rashin samun damar shiga tawagar farko duk da cewa an yi masa alkawarin daya ya taimaka masa wajen kula da matasa 'yan wasan Liverpool. Brendan Rodgers ya dauki abubuwa masu kyau daga kwarewarsa na rashin yin shi a matsayin dan wasan kwallon kafa. Tauraron dan shekaru 20 Raheem Sterling (a hagu) ya yi fice a karkashin jagorancin Rodgers. Da yake magana game da kwarewarsa, Rodgers ya gaya wa Barclays: 'Na ji a matsayin matashi dan wasa ban sami damar ba. Na kasance dan wasa mai hazaka a Arewacin Ireland. 'Na zo Ingila, zuwa Reading lokacin da nake da shekara 16. Na zama kyaftin na 'yan wasan matasa kuma na shiga rukunin 'yan wasa na farko. 'Manajan a lokacin ya tambaye ni in yi wasa a wasan ajiya a ranar Litinin don samun lokacin wasa sannan in nemi in fara buga wa tawagar farko wasa a ranar Laraba da Fulham. Manajan Reds ya yi imanin cewa tunawa da rashin samun damar yin wasa ya taimaka masa a cikin dogon lokaci. Rodgers ya kasa zama dan wasan kwallon kafa na kwararru duk da cewa ya bar Arewacin Ireland zuwa Ingila yana da shekara 16. 'Lokacin da Laraba ta zo, an sa ran in yi wasa kuma ya ƙare cewa ban yi wasa ba. Hakan ya ba ni mamaki fiye da yadda ya kamata. 'Na ji cewa daga wannan lokacin cewa mai yiwuwa ba zan taba samun damar ba.' Dan wasan mai shekaru 42 ya yi imanin cewa irin abubuwan da ya samu a lokacin da yake matashi sun taimaka masa wajen bunkasa baiwa irin ta Sterling, wanda ya riga ya buga wasanni 120 a Liverpool a lokacin da yake dan shekara 20. Rodgers (tsakiya) ya bayyana kansa a matsayin 'dan wasan matasa mai hazaka', amma ya kasa yin aji. Rodgers (jerin tsakiya, na biyu a sama) yana cikin littattafai a Karatu inda ya kasance kyaftin din kungiyar matasa. Sterling ya fara bugawa Liverpool wasa a watan Agusta, 2012 yayin da Liverpool ta doke Norwich City da ci 2-1....
Brendan Rodgers ya kasa yin nasara a matsayin dan wasan kwallon kafa na kwararru. Rodgers ya bar Arewacin Ireland yana da shekaru 16 don tabbatar da kansa a Reading. An tilasta wa shugaban Liverpool ya daina wasa tun yana da shekara 20. Dan shekaru 42 ya yi imanin cewa abubuwan da ya fuskanta a baya sun ba shi kwarin gwiwar kula da matasan taurarin Liverpool.