After a season of amazing highs and frustrating lows, the 19-year-old is hoping to be offered a contract extension at Anfield this summer.

But the defender, who has a year left on his current deal, fears he may be sold by manager Rafael Benitez.

Hobbs told the Spalding Guardian: "I'm sure something will happen this summer. They will either extend my contract or sell me.

"I want to stay, but ultimately it comes down to playing first-team football.

"I'm at the age where I want to get out there and make a name for myself.

"It would be ideal if that was at Liverpool, but we'll have to wait and see."

It has been a unique season of emotions for the former Spalding Athletic and Moulton Harrox player.

The incredible highs of making his Liverpool debut and getting a first start in the Premiership were countered by suffering relegation during a three-month loan spell at Scunthorpe United.

And seeing much of that battle to stay in the Coca-Cola Championship unfurl from the bench left the teenager frustrated.

Hobbs said: "Overall it's been a good season.

"I made my first-team debut and played in the Premiership, which was a dream come true.

"I got to mark players like Shevchenko, Anelka and Fowler, which was such an amazing experience.

"And I got to play in front of the Kop and at Stamford Bridge and was on the bench in the Champions League at Besiktas and Marseilles."

Liverpool paying £6.5m for central defender Martin Skrtel in January effectively spelled the end of Hobbs' season at Anfield and he went on loan to Glanford Park.

He said: "I wasn't down about it. I was obviously going to be down the pecking order at Liverpool and I think it was the right decision to go out on loan.

"I was looking forward to playing every week."

He felt "20 feet tall" after scoring a belting header at Stoke City, his first League goal. But things didn't go on to turn out as he had hoped.

After a few games at centre-half, Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins switched Hobbs to right-back.

The defender was still just happy to be playing, but that changed when regular full-back Cliff Byrne returned from injury.

Hobbs was edged out and spent the rest of the season watching from the bench.

Admitting that he felt hard done by, Hobbs said: "It was so frustrating because I thought I'd done quite well."

The 6ft 3in defender returned to Anfield last week before being released for the summer.

He dearly hopes to still be with Liverpool when the players report back on July 2.