Do youth strikes mean success?
Samed Yesil's remarkable scoring record at youth level for Germany has excited Reds supporters, who have witnessed their fair share of prolific prodigies at Anfield down the years.
The 18-year-old, who joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen during the summer, bagged a brace for his country's U19 side at the weekend to take his total in youth internationals to 31 in 32 appearances.
Such achievements are no guarantee of senior success, of course, with the Reds having experienced a mixed bag when it comes to young talents maturing into seasoned professionals.
Few players made as immediate an impact as former striker Michael Owen, who struck on his debut as a 17-year-old before adding a further 157 goals in a Liverpool shirt.
The current Stoke City man enjoyed a better than one-per-game ratio for England's various youth teams, progressing to the senior squad with a staggering record of 41 goals in 40 appearances.
Also averaging above a strike every match was Krisztian Nemeth, with the Hungarian on target 36 times in 35 displays while representing his country from U17 to U21 level.
Nemeth never managed a first-team appearance during his three-year stay at Anfield, though, and now plies his trade with Dutch outfit Roda JC in the Eredivisie.
Unsurprisingly, with a record of 81 goals in 142 games before his departure in January 2011, Fernando Torres was regularly on the scoresheet for Spain throughout his emergence.
El Niño found the back of the net on 22 occasions in 30 youth international appearances before winning two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup as a senior.
Another former Red to impress in Europe was Milan Baros, winner of the Golden Boot at Euro 2004, who signalled his intention to be a goalscorer during his early Czech Republic career.
The forward played for the Czechs at U15, U16, U17, U18 and U21 levels, amassing a hefty 54 appearances, during which he found the target 19 times.
Emile Heskey was often criticised for a lack of goals throughout his time at Anfield, but nobody could argue with the strong striker's youth record for the Three Lions, with 12 goals coming in 29 appearances.
A similar record was registered by Lauri Dalla Valle for his country, Finland. The one-time Liverpool prospect, now at Fulham, has struck the target 13 times in 27 appearances for his country's youth sides, a near one-in-two ratio.
Slightly better than one-in-two was former Reds striker David Ngog, who defended the colours of France at five different levels with significant success. Indeed Ngog put his name on the scoresheet 24 times in 46 appearances.
From an admittedly much smaller sample rate, Djibril Cisse proved even more lethal as a rising talent for Les Bleus, finding the net six times in four youth fixtures for the 1998 world champions.
Much heralded when they arrived together at Anfield from Le Havre in 2003, French duo Anthony Le Tallec and Florent Sinama-Pongolle offered a suggestion of their talent on the youth international stage.
Le Tallec claimed an impressive eight goals in 10 games, while his cousin Sinama-Pongolle struck 20 times in 43 appearances, although neither reached those heights during their spell on Merseyside.