Liverpool team news: Teen record-breaker set for Carabao Cup chance alongside Federico Chiesa

Liverpool look West Ham arsenic they statesman their defence of the Carabao Cup connected Wednesday night, with Arne Slot acceptable to juggle his battalion and a abstraction successful midfield perchance connected connection to Trey Nyoni, who continues to impressment and develop

Teenager Trey Nyoni is apt to get his archetypal accidental nether Arne Slot arsenic Liverpool statesman their defence of the Carabao Cup but the caller caput manager volition proceed to instrumentality a cautious attack with the midfielder.

The erstwhile Leicester academy graduate, who turned 17 successful June, has made accelerated advancement since moving to Merseyside a twelvemonth agone and became the club’s youngest subordinate to look successful the FA Cup erstwhile helium came disconnected the seat successful February’s triumph implicit Southampton.

Nyoni had been an unused substitute arsenic a fig of Jurgen Klopp ’s youngsters helped the squad get implicit the enactment successful the League Cup last against Chelsea conscionable a fewer days earlier but helium featured heavy successful this summer’s pre-season friendlies, scoring astatine location to Sevilla past month.

With Slot having named the aforesaid three-man midfield for his archetypal six competitory matches, changes are apt against West Ham astatine Anfield connected Wednesday with the under-used Wataru Endo and Curtis Jones acceptable to start. It perchance leaves 1 abstraction escaped successful midfield which could beryllium taken by 21-year-old Tyler Morton, who has 9 first-team appearances to his name, oregon the chaotic paper which is Nyoni.

“There is simply a just accidental for him (Nyoni) to beryllium successful our squad alternatively of being with the under-21s (who play Harrogate connected Tuesday),” said Slot of the England younker international. “He is simply a young player, truly young, but with a batch of endowment that had immoderate interaction successful pre-season and erstwhile helium played helium adjacent scored a goal.

“That’s astir apt besides the crushed wherefore radical spot him arsenic specified a talent, due to the fact that helium has already shown immoderate absorbing things astatine his age. But lone being a endowment is not capable to play connected a regular ground successful the archetypal team. We request to support processing him and it is truthful important for him to support playing his games.

“That’s wherefore helium played successful Milan with the under-19s. For him to make helium needs to bid with america and support having his playing clip astatine the highest imaginable level but grooming with the likes of each the players we person helps him to make arsenic well.”

One subordinate who is beauteous overmuch guaranteed his archetypal commencement is Federico Chiesa, a precocious transportation model signing from Juventus. The Italy planetary has played conscionable 20 minutes implicit 2 substitute appearances but volition travel successful to freshen up the guardant line.

“I don’t deliberation helium is capable to play 90 minutes, he’s played 25 successful the past three, 4 oregon 5 months. I don’t deliberation helium played immoderate friendlies for Juve,” added Slot. “He is capable to commencement successful our sentiment but I don’t deliberation helium is capable to play 90 astatine the level we are playing time against a beardown West Ham team.”

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher volition proceed arsenic Alisson Becker’s hamstring occupation means helium remains doubtful for Saturday’s travel to Wolves.

“Alisson is getting determination but I deliberation this crippled is coming conscionable a spot excessively aboriginal and we are looking astatine the play against Wolves – but it is going to beryllium tight,” said Slot.

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