Liverpool's five hottest prospects ready to burst onto the scene in League Cup quarter-final - including a fearless schemer and the striker turning up the heat on Darwin Nunez
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Arne Slot is set to ring the changes for Liverpool’s Carabao Cup quarter-final at managerless Southampton on Wednesday night, with a mounting injury crisis meaning the holders are likely to field a raft of youngsters. Slot will be watching from the stands due to a touchline ban - he picked up his third yellow card of the season in Saturday’s draw with Fulham - and his long-serving assistant Sipke Hulshoff will help from the dugout alongside coach Johnny Heitinga, the former Everton defender.
![[Arne Slot will be watching on from the sidelines on Wednesday night after picking up his third yellow card of the campaign]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/16/93239777-14202167-image-a-77_1734452000789.jpg)
Liverpool won this trophy last season despite fielding a makeshift team of fringe stars and teenagers, dubbed ‘the Kindergarten Kop’. Mail Sport’s man on Merseyside is a regular at academy games and, here, gives you the lowdown on the fresh faces ready to play...
![[Trey Nyoni plays with a maturity beyond his years and is one of the hottest prospects in the Liverpool academy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/16/93239383-14202167-image-a-75_1734451810895.jpg)
Liverpool won the League Cup last season after selecting a makeshift team of fringe stars and teenagers dubbed 'the Kindergarten Kop'. Arne Slot will be watching on from the sidelines on Wednesday night after picking up his third yellow card of the campaign.
![[Amara Nallo is a superb athlete – big and strong but, when watching him this season, his recovery pace and general positioning has looked astute]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/16/93239453-14202167-image-a-73_1734451723683.jpg)
TREY NYONI, 17, MIDFIELDER. Often the captain for Liverpool’s Under 19s in the UEFA Youth League this season, Nyoni plays with a maturity beyond his years and is one of the hottest prospects in the academy. He excels in a number of roles but is probably best dictating play from midfield.
![[James Norris actually made his first-team debut as a 17-year-old in 2019 – also in the League Cup]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/16/93239511-14202167-image-a-74_1734451739265.jpg)
