Liverpool's run to the semi-finals of the Champions League could bring an unexpected bonus for some of the club's academy starlets.
Youth team players Conor Masterson (19), Curtis Jones and Rafael Camacho (both 17) have been training with the first team and were unused substitutes for last weekend's Merseyside derby, as Jurgen Klopp looked to manage his injury-depleted squad in between the European quarter-final against Manchester City.
But with a last-four Champions League tie coming, and a maximum of eight points from five matches required to secure a top-four Premier League finish, under-23 coach Neil Critchley hopes some of his players may get a first team debut before the end of the campaign.