Liverpool teenager Amara Nallo has been spotted in first-team training today just months after his move from West Ham United.
The last few weeks have been dominated by Liverpool’s youngsters.
So many first-team players are on the treatment table and that has resulted in opportunities for young players.
Bobby Clark, Jayden Danns, James McConnell, Jarell Quansah, Lewis Koumas, Connor Bradley… these youngsters have become headline news in recent weeks.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has always shown a willingness to play young players and one very young prospect seems to have caught his eye.
Amara Nallo in first-team training
The Liverpool ECHO’s Ian Doyle has taken to social media to note that Amara Nallo was part of first-team training today.
Nallo joined fellow youngsters Koumas, McConnell, Mateusz Musialowski and Kaide Gordon in Klopp’s first-team training session ahead of facing Sparta Prague.
Nallo joined Liverpool back in August, deciding to leave the West Ham United ranks for a move to Merseyside.
Primarily a centre back, Nallo is only 17 but is very highly rated.
Nallo was praised in the West Ham ranks, with Carlton Cole describing him as a ‘Rolls Royce of a centre back’ and praising him as an ‘elegant’ left-sided centre back.
Cole added that Nallo has a ‘high ceiling’, believing that he had the potential to become a star.
Liverpool seemingly agree having pounced to sign Nallo and Klopp even named him on the bench against Southampton last week.
Nallo won’t be featuring against Sparta Prague on Thursday night though.
Liverpool academy reporter Lewis Bower notes that Nallo won’t be eligible to play for the Reds in the Europa League.
Nallo would have either needed to be in Liverpool’s original A-list or accrued two uninterrupted years at Liverpool to qualify for the B-list.
Still, for a 17-year-old to be involved the day before the game, Nallo must be making a positive impression at Anfield and is certainly one to watch.
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