Andre
Wisdom today committed his long-term future to Liverpool Football Club by
signing a new contract at Melwood.
The
19-year-old put pen to paper on his deal at the Reds' training complex on
Wednesday morning.
Moments
after signing, Wisdom told Liverpoolfc.com: "It's a great honour to sign a
new contract at the club and I'm very happy.
"It
was an easy decision to make - as soon as they offered it to me, I grabbed the
opportunity with both hands because it's a great club and I just want to
continue to play for Liverpool.
"I am
happy with the progress I've made so far and hopefully I can progress more in
the second half of the season and continue to keep playing.
"There's
still so much hard work ahead. There is big competition within the team and
everyone wants to play football. I just hope I can keep progressing and
continue in the way I have been."
This season
has been a breakthrough campaign for Wisdom, with the powerful defender
establishing himself in the first-team set-up under Brendan Rodgers.
The No.47
marked his senior debut with a goal against Young Boys in September and has
since made a further 13 appearances for Liverpool.
Managing
director Ian Ayre said: "It's fantastic news. It's another great example
of a player committing to the club and what we're trying to achieve under
Brendan.
"He's
a great young player, shown a fantastic improvement, broken into the first team
and made a huge contribution - and rightly so, we've provided him with a new
contract and a long term one.
"Getting
talent like him, Raheem and others to commit at this point is absolutely
essential to the future.
"The
manager, the owners and everyone have said the key is to build something for
the long term - and young players are a catalyst to that. None more so than
Andre.
"He's
come on leaps and bounds in the last year or so and that's because of all the
hard work he's put in and the manager giving him a chance, so it's absolutely essential
players like that commit themselves to the club."
Wisdom
follows the likes of Luis Suarez, Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger, Suso, Raheem
Sterling, Brad Jones and Jonjo Shelvey in committing his future to the club
since the summer.
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