{"id":22276,"date":"2024-02-28T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/jurgen-klopps-cup-winning-kids-who-are-bobby-clark-jayden-danns-conor-bradley-james-mcconnell-jarell-quansah\/28\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T02:59:00","slug":"jurgen-klopps-cup-winning-kids-who-are-bobby-clark-jayden-danns-conor-bradley-james-mcconnell-jarell-quansah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/jurgen-klopps-cup-winning-kids-who-are-bobby-clark-jayden-danns-conor-bradley-james-mcconnell-jarell-quansah\/28\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp’s cup-winning kids: Who are Bobby Clark, Jayden Danns, Conor Bradley, James McConnell & Jarell Quansah?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Left to right) Jarrell Quansah, Andy Robertson, Jayden Danns, Bobby Clark and Caoimhin Kelleher celebrate Sunday’s EFL Cup win over Chelsea at Wembley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After Liverpool beat Chelsea to win the Carabao Cup on Sunday it was ‘Jurgen Klopp’s kids’ who captured the headlines, with the average age of his team under 22 at the final whistle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The youngsters were given a chance from the start in <\/span>Wednesday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie<\/span><\/a> against Southampton and impressed again, with Lewis Koumas (18) scoring on his debut and Jayden Danns (18) bagging two off the bench.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Conor Bradley (20) started both games at right-back and having been brought on to offer fresh legs as the final ran into extra time, Bobby Clark (19), Danns, James McConnell (19) and Jarell Quansah (21) were all rewarded with starts at Anfield.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was also a debut for 16-year-old Trey Nyoni, who came on for the last 12 minutes of the Southampton game.<\/span><\/p>\n

BBC Sport gets to know a little bit more about Liverpool’s young stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jayden Danns, 18, forward<\/h3>\n

Another scouser to follow in the footsteps of Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones, Danns joined Liverpool’s academy aged eight and made his first senior appearance in a recent <\/span>4-1 win over Luton Town<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 18-year-old can play in midfield or attack and has started quickly in the senior team. Against Luton, he helped set up a goal for Harvey Elliott a minute after being introduced. In Sunday’s final, Danns was narrowly denied a headed goal by Chelsea keeper Djordje Petrovic after coming on in the 87th minute. <\/span><\/p>\n

He was not to be denied against Southampton, though, as he came off the bench to score twice in front of The Kop.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is the son of former footballer Neil Danns, and following Liverpool’s win over Luton, manager Rob Edwards told Klopp: “I played with his dad!”<\/span><\/p>\n

Danns’ breakthrough into Liverpool’s first team this season follows an impressive campaign with the under-18s, scoring 10 goals during 2022-23.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even Everton supporter Tony Bellew is a fan, writing on X on Sunday: “Just turned 18yrs old and your second game is a cup final! Jayden Danns you little star – go and win it for them young king.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Lewis Koumas, 18, forward<\/h3>\n
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Lewis Koumas scored 44 minutes into his senior debut for Liverpool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having been an unused substitute at Wembley, Koumas was named in the starting XI for Wednesday’s FA Cup tie and soon made his mark.<\/span><\/p>\n

Playing on the left of a front three, he dribbled across the top of the box before hitting a low shot that found the bottom corner with the aid of a deflection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Koumas is also the son of an ex-footballer, former Wales international Jason Koumas, and joined the Liverpool Academy from Tranmere as an under-11s player.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is able to play out wide, as he did on his senior bow, in midfield or as a striker. He scored 16 goals during the 2022-23 season and has added another 12 this campaign, five for the under-18s and seven in as many games in the Premier League 2 for the under-21s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trey Nyoni, 16, midfielder<\/h3>\n
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Trey Nyoni became the youngest player to feature for Liverpool in the FA Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

England Under-17 international Nyoni became the third youngest debutant in Liverpool’s history when he came on for the latter stages of the victory over Southampton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only Jerome Sinclair (16 years and six days) and Harvey Elliott (16 years 174 days) were younger than Nyoni. But at 16 years, 243 days, he is the youngest ever to feature for the club in the FA Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

The technically gifted attacking midfielder joined from Leicester in September 2023 and after quickly shining for the under-18s – he scored an injury-time winner against Everton on his home debut – he was promoted to the under-21s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nyoni was an unused substitute in the EFL Cup final but got his chance three days later and looked confident and assured in possession during his brief time on the pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bobby Clark, 19, midfielder<\/h3>\n