Liverpool left-back Beck joins Derby on loan

Owen Beck made 25 appearances for Blackburn Rovers on loan last season

Derby County have confirmed the arrival of Liverpool left-back Owen Beck on a season-long loan.

It is the 22-year-old's second loan move to a Championship club in as many years, having spent last season at Blackburn Rovers.

Beck, who has also had previous spells at Dundee in the Scottish Premiership and Bolton in League One, joined Liverpool's youth set-up from Stoke City at Under-13 level and made his first-team debut for the Reds in the EFL Cup in October 2021.

The former Wales Under-21 international made a solitary Premier League appearance for Liverpool off the bench in January 2024, but has not featured for the first team since.

He becomes Derby's sixth summer addition and third to have played under Rams head coach John Eustace at Blackburn last season, with forward Andreas Weimann and centre-back Danny Batth both arriving on free transfers.

Before Beck's arrival was confirmed, Eustace described him as "one of the most exciting full-backs in the country for his age at the moment".

"He is a really exciting young player," Eustace told BBC Radio Derby. "There is a lot to improve and our job is to help develop him.

"My job, and that of all the coaches, is that whenever a player comes to the football club, no matter how old or how young they are, they come into an environment where they are going to improve and get better."