Striker was convinced Liverpool would buy him back – but was ‘mentally bullied’ at new club – Liverpool FC

Despite leaving Liverpool for the Championship in 2014, striker Adam Morgan was confident the club would activate their buy-back clause to re-sign him.

Morgan is renowned as one of the most talented finishers to come through Liverpool’s academy in recent years, leading him to the top of the first team.

The Scouser made three appearances under Brendan Rodgers in 2012/13, including two starts, one of which came alongside Luis Suarez in attack against Hearts in the Europa League.

But after a successful loan spell with Yeovil Town in the first half of the 2013/14 season, he was sold to the Championship club in January 2014.

Liverpool negotiated a buyout clause worth more than £1m in the Yeovil deal and despite agreeing to the move, Morgan did so with the intention of returning to Anfield.

“I was on fire, I was absolutely on fire, obviously being in the first team and around them,” Morgan, now 30, told The Kop TV.

“It’s okay, I wasn’t good enough to play for Liverpool, no problem. But at that time, did I think I was good enough to play for Leicester? Yes. Did I think I was good enough to play for Yeovil? Yes.

“My plan was that Liverpool had a buyout clause on me, so I thought ‘it’s kicking in.’

“That was my mentality: ‘I’ll score as many goals as they buy me back and I’ll come back.’

Morgan explained that he received identical offers from both Yeovil and Leicester in January but was “very ill-advised” to join the former, who guaranteed immediate first-team opportunities.

Leicester went on to win the Championship that season and then went on to win the Premier League in the final season of their initial three-year contract with Morgan.

Yeovil finished runners-up in 2013/14 as the striker was blocked by manager Gary Johnson.

“I was treated so badly. I was mentally bullied, made to train on my own for no reason,” Morgan reflected.

“If I had made a mistake and done something to offend the manager, any of the directors, if I had gone out too much or anything like that, I would be the first to put my hands up now. .

“I did nothing. You can’t get into trouble in Yeovil!”

Morgan’s career has spanned 15 different clubs since then, while more recently he has moved into coaching, joining non-league side City of Liverpool FC this summer.

“I will never play in the Premier League again, but I will play competitive football again this season,” he said.

“I’m eager, I can’t wait.”