The highlight of Liverpool's season also underlined one of the chief reasons the Reds were able to cope with their injury crisis for as long as they did.

The sight of so many Academy graduates featuring in the League Cup final win over Chelsea in February showcased the influence of youngsters throughout Jurgen Klopp's final campaign.

Jarell Quansah and Conor Bradley were the main breakout starts, the former in particular justifying Liverpool's decision to not buy a new centre-back last summer.



Within three months of taking charge he had given six players their debut, while the continued impact of Trent-Alexander Arnold and Curtis Jones underlines if a player is good enough, then they will stay in the first-team reckoning.

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While Jarell Quansah and Conor Bradley have caught the eye this season, they aren't the only ones.

Yet such decisions were made with one eye on the next generation at the academy, and thank goodness for that!

Conor Bradley and Jarell Quansah have both stepped up this season to establish themselves as first team players, saving the Reds millions in the process.

But Bobby Clark has shown enough this year to fill that void, and follow Bradley and Quansah in making that step up into full-time first team player.

It is worth noting that with no Europa League football on offer next season, and hopefully no crippling injury crisis, that opportunities perhaps won't be as forthcoming for the club's next generation.

The likes of Vitezslav Jaros, Harvey Davies and Fabian Mrozek could compete to fill one of the voids, while 17-year-old Kornel Mi?ciur is also highly-rated.

If you're good enough, you're old enough and Arne Slot will know that

Keifer Macdonald:

Nearly 30 years on, Alan Hansen must finally realise that he was wrong when he declared: "You can't win anything with kids."

It was the start of the 1995/96 season and the ex-Liverpool defender was assessing Manchester United's prospects of winning that season's Premier League.

Even if Sir Alex Ferguson's side hadn't successfully wrestled back the championship from Blackburn Rovers, Liverpool did a fairly good job of voiding the legendary defender's point when they faced Chelsea in this season's Carabao Cup final.

During that unforgettable afternoon under the Wembley arches, it was Bobby Clark, James McConnell, Jarell Quansah and Conor Bradley who caught the eye as Liverpool secured a record-extending 10th triumph in the competition.

And as Arne Slot prepares to take over the reins at Anfield, that afternoon against Mauricio Pochettino's side underlines exactly why the club is considered to be in such rude health in a post-Klopp world.

After the emergence of Quansah and Bradley this season, it is surely only a matter of time before Clark and McConnell are regularly appearing in Premier League games like their peers.
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