Liverpool midfielder Conor Coady feels English football's youth development structure is improving.
Coady, on-loan with Sheffield United, highlighted the streamlined development of another talented midfielder within the Reds' ranks.
"I think you need a year or two in the U21s to bring you on, especially at a club like Liverpool," he told the official Liverpool FC magazine. "The amount of staff they've got there can really help to develop you as a player.
"It's definitely aiding player development. The environment is a lot different. In the reserves you were just playing games, you never really knew what was going on, whereas now you're fighting for your place in a league and it's a tough, competitive one, which is good.
"Look at Jordan Rossiter and how it's brought him on. He's played at that level early and now he's making the bench for the first team. I think all it can do is help.
"I'd had a couple of years in the reserves so it was time for me to get out there, start playing proper football and learn what it's about to go and play in the league."
