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Jurgen Klopp calls up ‘superb’ 18-year-old Liverpool youngster to first-team training

Youngster Calum Scanlon has been spotted in Liverpool fi♔rst-team training ahead of tonight’s Europa League clash against Toulouse🌌.

The club have of the squad working behind the scenes as they look to maiꦫntain their 100% record in the comp♐etition.

After wins against LASK and Union Saint-Gilloise mean the Reds will all but guarantee their 🌸p💞lace in the knockout stages if they win tonight.

However, Jurgen Klopp faces one big call in defence this evening.

The German that defender Andy Robertson has had surgery after pick💜ing up a shoulder injury on international duty.

Kostas Tsimikas deputised at the weekend against Everton although Klopp has admitted he 🦂won’t be able 💙to play every game in the Scot’s absence.

Liverpool will therefore need 🐓to look to the academy for potential options 💖and have called up Calum Scanlon to training to take a closer look at the 18-year-old.

Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images

The ‘’ left-sided play▨er can play at left-back or further up the pitch.

He’s competing with Luke Chambers for a potential start tonight who has been training up against Mohamed Salah to hone his craft.

Scanlon spotted in Liverpool training

Jurgen Klopp will hope his side can earn a comfortable victory tonight to take the pressure off their next three Eಞuropean games.

With their schedule set to ramp up after the upcoming international b♋reak, he will want to use Liverpoo✱l’s midweek fixtures to rest his key players.

Another youngster, Trey Nyoni, was also called up ahead of this♋ match suggesting Klopp is already thinking about rotating his squad.

At this time, Chambers s🌱eems like the more likely player to give Tsimiꩲkas a rest over the coming weeks.

He made his senior debut in the Carabao Cup earlier🥃 this summer, comi🐟ng on as a late substitute against Leicester City.

Klopp calling Scanlon up to Liverpool training will keep the pressure on the 19-year-old and the teenager offers a more 🍸attacking option than his fellow academy graduate.

The German also has o🌊ther players in the senior squad who could give Tsimikas a rest if he needs it.

Joe Gomez is versatile enough to play on the left and Luis Dia🍰z even stepped in for a short while against🌱 Everton to play a more defensive role.