There’s a new identify on Liverpool’s bench for the conflict with Brentford, and 16-year-old Trey Nyoni might turn into the membership’s youngest-ever league debutant.
Liverpool confirmed their teamsheet for the most recent Premier League fixture at 1pm on Sunday, with the typical age of Jurgen Klopp‘s substitutes simply 20 years outdated.
The youngest of these is Nyoni, who makes the first-team squad for the primary time.
It comes simply three months after {the teenager} accomplished a summer time transfer from Leicester, as a part of Liverpool’s ongoing concentrate on recruiting elite-level children from the UK.
A flexible midfielder, Nyoni has largely spent his time as a part of the U18s to this point, although in latest weeks he has turn into a fixture at U21s stage.
Trey Nyoni – 16, midfielder
- Summer time signing from Leicester; spent 10 years with the Foxes
- Began with Liverpool U18s however shortly promoted to U21s
- Coaching with first group, extremely rated amongst senior employees
- 4 objectives, 5 assists in 10 video games to this point this season
- Might turn into Liverpool’s youngest-ever league debutant
That has included back-to-back begins within the final two U21s video games, with an help for Mateusz Musialowski‘s wonderstrike within the 2-1 defeat to League Two facet Barrow on Tuesday night time.
In 10 video games for the membership’s academy sides to this point this season, Nyoni has scored 4 objectives and laid on 5 assists.
Nyoni has additionally educated repeatedly with the senior facet, and has clearly caught the attention of Klopp and his employees within the course of.
He’s very extremely rated inside the membership, which vindicates his determination to show down nearly each different prime membership in England in favour of a transfer to Merseyside.
If he comes on, Nyoni would turn into Liverpool’s youngest-ever league debutant at 16 years, 4 months and 13 days, breaking the file presently held by Jack Robinson.
The membership’s youngest-ever participant throughout all competitions stays Jerome Sinclair, who debuted within the League Cup simply six days after his sixteenth birthday in 2012.
Whereas Nyoni’s inclusion within the matchday squad towards Brentford is enforced by accidents to the likes of Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch, there’s a agency perception in his capability and potential.
He’s able to taking part in in quite a lot of roles in midfield, and has showcased his tremendous vary of passing, good interaction and work price off the ball since becoming a member of.
Such is the shock over his involvement vs. Brentford, nevertheless, that {the teenager} was not even included on the again of Liverpool’s official matchday programme.
