Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen believes Northern Ireland teenager Kieran Morrison “has top quality” – but also insists the Liverpool loanee “has a lot of things to learn” as he continues adjusting to life in senior football.

Morrison has made an impressive start to his temporary stint with the Owls, providing assists in wins over Bromley and Peterborough United to help his side move top of the League One table.

The 19-year-old has now started in consecutive league matches and has shown his versatility by playing on both wings.

Morrison shone during pre-season for Liverpool under new manager Andoni Iraola, scoring his club’s first goal in a 4-2 win over Sunderland, and also featured in friendlies against Wrexham, Leeds United and Como.

placeholder image — Northern Ireland's Kieran Morrison is enjoying a loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

The winger starred for Liverpool’s U21s last term, scoring 14 goals in 19 Premier League 2 appearances, and also played for the senior side in both the EFL Cup and FA Cup.

Morrison had a number of options in England and across Europe when it came to deciding his first senior loan destination before opting to join Wednesday.

Pedersen believes Morrison, who made his senior Northern Ireland debut against Guinea in June, possesses star quality and is also working with the teenager to bring out his full potential.

“He has a lot of things to learn,” Pedersen told The Star, the News Letter's sister title. “Kieran has some top quality on the ball.

"He can play left, but best in the right. We started with him in the left (at Peterborough) because I think Jamal (Lowe) and Yan (Valery) and Slat (Callum Slattery) have been really strong in our right side.

“We don't really have other players who can stay on the sideline in the left side, when we build up with a three and we have a wide player there.

"I know it's not his best position, but all the defensive stuff he has to learn and to put much more value in this.

"You can see he really grows because he's really working with this part of the game. It's a little bit the same process as Harry (Gray).

“It's not only to have the ball in the feet and make nice things. It's hard work first.

"When you've done your hard work, then the other things will also come with the quality he has.

"That's also the reason why after 74, 75 minutes, we put him to the right side and they put Slat to the left side. He's a very, very interesting player who can play both sides.

“He's best on the right. He's growing and growing...it was a big, big learning game.”