Arne Slot ready to unleash Liverpool's teenage sensation Trey Nyoni against West Ham

Arne Slot has called up 17-year-old Trey Nyoni from Liverpool's Under-21s and is acceptable to manus him lone his 2nd elder quality against West Ham successful the Carabao Cup

Liverpool teen sensation Trey Nyoni could diagnostic against West Ham connected Wednesday arsenic helium continues his accelerated ascent.

Head manager Arne Slot has called up the 17-year-old Nyoni from Liverpool’s Under-21s for the 3rd circular Carabao Cup clash astatine Anfield. Nyoni became the youngest subordinate successful the club’s past to look successful the FA Cup erstwhile the attacking midfielder made his debut from the seat against Southampton successful February, aged conscionable 16 years and 243 days.

He has been starring for the Reds’ Under-21s and England’s Under-18s and Slot is itching to springiness him much elder minutes. Nyoni joined Liverpool 12 months agone from Leicester aft spending a decennary successful their academy and everyone astatine Liverpool’s AXA grooming crushed is excited astir his potential.

“He’s a young player, a young, young player,” said Slot. “He lone conscionable became 17, but with a batch of endowment and helium had an interaction successful pre-season. So he’s a talent, but being a endowment is not enough, not capable to play connected a regular ground successful the archetypal team.

“So we request to support processing him, helium needs playing clip to develop. That’s wherefore sometimes arsenic a manager, you consciousness we mightiness conscionable him with the archetypal team, but it’s so, truthful important for him to support playing his games.

“That’s wherefore helium played successful Milan besides with the Under-19s due to the fact that for him to develop, helium needs to bid with america and helium needs to support having his playing clip astatine the highest-possible level. But I deliberation grooming with the likes of each the players we have, helps him to develop, truthful we’re taking bully attraction of him and we’re alert he’s lone 17.

“That’s astir apt the crushed wherefore radical spot him arsenic specified a endowment due to the fact that he’s already showed immoderate absorbing things.” Liverpool person a past of blooding breathtaking youngsters successful the contention and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Conor Bradley and Curtis Jones made their debuts successful the Cup.

Slot wants to springiness Nyoni arsenic overmuch arsenic crippled clip arsenic helium tin and the teen shone connected the club’s US pre-season circuit earlier netting against Sevilla successful past month’s affable astatine Anfield. At the different extremity of the acquisition scale, Slot says Federico Chiesa is acceptable to marque his archetypal commencement for the Reds aft 2 cameos from the bench.

Italy winger Chiesa outgo an archetypal £10million from Juventus and Slot claims helium cannot yet past 90 minutes. “I don’t deliberation he’s capable to play 90 minutes,” said the Dutchman. “He lone played 25 minutes present arsenic a maximum.

“I don’t deliberation helium played immoderate friendlies for Juve arsenic well, but he’s capable to start, truthful let’s see.” Republic of Ireland No 1 Caoimhin Kelleher volition proceed successful extremity and Slot says Alisson is struggling to retrieve from his musculus wounded to look Wolves connected Saturday evening.

“Alisson is getting there, but I deliberation this West Ham crippled is coming conscionable a spot excessively early,” helium said. “We’re looking astatine the play against Wolves, but it’s going to beryllium tight.”

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