Ben Woodburn marks come back from 7-month cutback with objective in first game back

It has been a horrendous season for Woodburn, following on from a baffling effort last break, with the 20-year-old constrained to only 13 appearances for the U's up until this point.

Having broken both of his feet at discrete occasions, the Wales global's last trip for Oxford came in October, in a 2-2 draw at Accrington Stanley.

This finished a promising spat the side at the Kassam Stadium, having scored one and laid on five in those 13 games across League One and the FA Cup, setting up himself as a first-decision starter in a propelled midfield job.

It appeared just as Woodburn's season, and thusly his spell with Karl Robinson's side, would be over because of the suspension of football, yet the English third level is set to proceed with advancement end of the season games one month from now.

In anticipation of their conflict with Portsmouth on July 3, Oxford played a warmup benevolent at Reading's preparation ground on Monday, which denoted the arrival of their No. 10.

In spite of the fact that it finished tragically, with ex-Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam helping the Royals to a 2-1 triumph, it was Woodburn's objective that gave the U's expectation of an irritated against their Championship restriction.

He opened the scoring in the third of three 30-minute time spans, which will have satisfied his chief, previous Reds youth mentor Robinson, in front of the restart.

Oxford are wanting to broaden Woodburn's credit bargain into 2020/21, and on the off chance that they seal advancement to the second level it could demonstrate gainful to a youthful player who is compensating for some recent setbacks.

Woodburn seems to have become undesirable at Liverpool, regardless of highlighting in pre-season the previous summer, and a drawn out move away from Anfield might be his most logical option.

Be that as it may, another season with the U's could permit him to discover his feet as a senior expert on a week by week premise, as he means to satisfy the potential that earned him an introduction for the Reds as a 17-year-old in 2016.

Liverpool have been available to permitting the entirety of their loanees to remain with their brief clubs for the rest of the drawn out season, after which Woodburn could come back to Melwood for arrangements in front of next term.

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