Former Golden Eaglets trainee Ovie Ejaria, 18, is poised to make his senior debut for Liverpool in Tuesday evening’s League Cup clash against Derby County.

The central midfielder has been training with the Reds first team in recent days and made their 18-man squad for the Premier League game with Chelsea last Friday.

Ejaria was not involved as Liverpool’s U23s thrashed Tottenham Hotspur 6-2 in the Premier League 2 tonight, a strong hint that he is set to be handed his competitive debut against the Rams, or worst case scenario make the substitute bench.

Born in London, the highly rated starlet represented the youth team of Arsenal for nine years before he was snapped up by Liverpool in the summer of 2014.

He trained with the first team before the start of this season and traveled with the squad to the United States.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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