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‘Jones more Lallana than Mane & Elliott a real threat’ – Liverpool’s youngsters excite academy manager

Alex Inglethorpe is charged with the task of trying to make senior stars of promising youngsters, with there plenty of potential at Anfield right now

Liverpool have an exciting crop of youngsters on their hands, with academy manager Alex Inglethorpe billing Curtis Jones as “more Adam Lallana than Sadio Mane” and Harvey Elliott as a “real threat”.

Two promising teenagers have already seen senior game time this season, and they are not the only youngsters to have been given a first-team chance.

Ki-Jana Hoever, Rhian Brewster and Caoimhin Kelleher are among the others to have figured in a Carabao Cup third-round clash with MK Dons.