'Hopefully we can find the boy we know is in there'

Manager Derek McInnes hopes to rediscover the qualities that earned Calvin Ramsay a move to Liverpool during the right-back's loan at Kilmarnock.

After breaking through at Aberdeen, a rapid rise resulted in the 21-year-old making the move to Anfield in 2022.

But the defender has endured a challenging time at Liverpool, making just two appearances and spending time on loan at Preston, Bolton and Wigan.

McInnes brought Ramsay in to train with the Aberdeen first team when he was manager at Pittodrie and he always believed Ramsay was a "young, talented prospect" with a "big reach" in the game.

The Rugby Park boss is sure the right-back will bring "pace, quality and confidence" to Kilmarnock and feels that his job for the next few months is to "find the boy we all know is in there".

"In all honesty it's not gone as well as he, or Liverpool, would've expected," McInnes said of Ramsay's move to Merseyside.

"If you look at it forensically, there are a lot of different reasons for that. What we and Liverpool feel is that he should work with somebody he knows, get back to basics and have a really successful loan.

"What we're getting is a really attacking, raiding right-back. Hopefully Calvin will get to go back to Liverpool on the back of playing a lot of games having enjoyed a loan spell."