Rafael Benitez says Liverpool will "have to wait a while" before
the Reds' young stars are ready to help the first team win the
Premier League.
Benitez wants the same patience the Arsenal board have shown to
boss Wenger, as he nurtures new young talent, from his own
bosses.
He said: "Arsene Wenger has done very well bringing on his younger
players, and it is important that people realise it takes a couple
of years to achieve results.
"You can sign young players, good players with talent, but it takes
time for them to realise their potential. Wenger has been using
these young players for two or three years and now we are seeing
them play really well with quality.
"We must wait to see whether they can maintain this through the
season, but they do have enough quality to play well for a long
time.
"It is what we are trying to do here. We have brought in a lot of
young players, 17, 18, 19 years old. We have to wait a while for
them to be ready for the first team.
"You can see the reserves now winning games with these players,
some of them are really close to first-team level.
"In a few months, a few years, there will be a lot of players
coming through from the reserves."
Liverpool, under Benitez, have brought in more than 20 young
players from all over Europe and South America in the last couple
of years, as well as promising talent of the like of Ryan Babel,
Sebastian Leto and Lucas Leiva.
