Jurgen Klopp calls ‘outstanding’ 19-year-old Liverpool prospect into first-team training before tonight’s game

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Three Liverpool youngsters were on show during yesterday’s open training session at Kirkby.

The Reds trained in-front of the cameras ahead of their Europa League clash with Union Saint-Gilloise this evening.

On-hand was the Liverpool ECHO, who spotted that young left-back Luke Chambers had been given a call-up by Jurgen Klopp.

Having made his official senior debut during last week’s Carabao Cup game, Chambers will be hoping for more minutes at Anfield this evening.

Meanwhile, first-team regulars Jarell Quansah and Ben Doak were also reportedly present, with both perhaps likely to play tonight. There was a notable absentee though, with Bobby Clark not present, despite being one of the U21s key men so far this season.

Chambers mixes with the seniors

Given the landscape of the Liverpool squad, it would be a big surprise if Chambers were to start tonight’s match.

That’s because the Reds have a clear hierarchy for these types of occasion at left-back. Kostas Tsimikas would be good enough to start for many Premier League teams, and deserves his run-outs whenever its possible.

Unless the Greek is carrying a knock – and it’s worth noting that he appeared to train as normal yesterday – then he’ll start.

That doesn’t mean that Chambers won’t get on the pitch, though. The 19-year-old was brought on against Leicester and has clearly been catching plenty of eyes in the youth teams.

During the summer, it looked like this might earn him a loan move away from Anfield. Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen were said to be keen on him, and that would have been an eye-catching transfer.

But in the end, Chambers stayed put. If he’s to make good on the talent that saw him called ‘outstanding’ out on-loan last year [Kilmarnock FC Twitter] though, he is going to need minutes. With Tsimikas and Andy Robertson in his way, that perhaps won’t happen at Liverpool.

Nevertheless, Klopp is blatantly a fan, and these little stints in and around the senior squad will only do Chambers good.