Academy manager Steve Cooper has heaped praise on the Chinese duo currently enjoying a week-long trial at Liverpool.
Long Chen, 16, and Chen Xiao Mao, 14, have already made their mark on the training pitch and Cooper admits he has been pleasantly surprised by what they have been able to offer.
Cooper told Liverpoolfc.tv: "It's been a pleasure to work with them to be honest. They are two good lads.
"First and foremost, they've done everybody associated with them proud with the way they have conducted themselves.
"They've done well on the training pitch too. Obviously there is a bit of language barrier, but they've got around that and got heavily involved in our training sessions.
"Technically they are both more than competent. They may be different in stature - one is quite tall and one is quite small - but they both have physical attributes and they are good players, there's no doubt about that.
"Our lads have welcomed them too. The Chinese boys speak very little English but they've still got involved and made a good impression."
He added: "They've got a few days left of their trial and we are still very much looking at them.
"Stuart (Webber), Frank (McParland) and Damien (Comolli) will all want our opinions from a coaching point of view and then they will make any decisions accordingly.
"It has been very interesting to take a look at them and you can see why the two lads were brought in to begin with."
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