Video: 'Outrageous' Liverpool youngster spotted looking so sharp in first-team training ahead of Spurs clash
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Liverpool are gearing up for another big Premier League clash as they head to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
The Reds could be sitting in second place in the table by the time they kick-off in North London.
In fact, for the second week in succession, Liverpool will be looking for a favour from Everton to take points from a title rival.
But if the Toffees cannot draw or beat Chelsea, then the Reds will slip down a spot. Only a win at Spurs will then put them top of the pile for Christmas.
Happily, the Liverpool squad is now looking in much better shape injury-wise for Sunday’s match.
And as the players reconvened at the Liverpool training ground on Friday, one player who has only just returned from a lengthy lay-off was looking very sharp indeed.
Jayden Danns looking good in training
Arne Slot confirmed on Friday that Liverpool will have just two players missing for this weekend’s game.
That is a far cry from recent weeks, where the Reds have had to cobble together matchday squads a little.
One player who has missed a huge chunk of the season so far has been youngster Jayden Danns.
Danns made a massive impact in the first-team under Jurgen Klopp last season and finally got his return to action on Wednesday with a late appearance against Southampton.
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The 18-year-old has been a permanent fixture with the senior players of late, and judging from some of his finishing during Friday’s session, that is richly deserved.
Along with Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah, Danns can be seen firing shot after shot past Liverpool academy goalkeeper Harvey Davies.
One finish hit across a motionless Davies into the top left corner of the goal in particular stands out. Danns is deadly.
Danns ready for first-team chance
Clearly, this is cherry-picked selection from the Liverpool media team of what went on during training on Friday.
It’s possible that Danns took 20 more shots and blazed each one over the bar. But given how cleanly the youngster strikes the ball, we’d wager that that did not happen.
Danns was labelled as ‘outrageous‘ for some of his work in the academy last season. He then hit the ground running with two goals in five games after being promoted to the first-team.
Injury has since disrupted his rhythm. But with Slot still not yet settled on who should lead the line for Liverpool, the teenager is showing that he really does deserve a proper shot.
Danns has always shown fight, determination and quality whenever used by Liverpool over the past 12 months. With fitness now back on his side, he looks primed to take things up a level in 2025.
