Jarell Quansah, a 20-year-old center-back, has been called up to the England U21s as a result of his great performance for Liverpool’s first squad this season.
This season, Quansah has unexpectedly moved up to Jurgen Klopp’s senior team and has made the transition look easy in his five outings thus far.
The Warrington-born defender made his Europa League debut on Thursday night, and he excelled in the 2-0 victory against Union SG.
After that, he was given a spot in the England U21 team for games against Serbia and Ukraine later this month.
Harvey Elliott, along with people like Cole Palmer, Rico Lewis, Jarrad Branthwaite, and Noni Madueke, is included in Lee Carsley’s pick.
In two Euro 2025 qualifying matches, the Young Lions take against Serbia in Nottingham on October 12 and Ukraine in Slovakia on October 16.
Regarding his choice to make Quansah a first-team member, Carsley said that it is “really tough” to earn a spot at Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp.
“He’s been getting game time at Liverpool which as we know is a really tough team to get into for any player,” he said.
“So he deserves to be a part of this squad.”
Since he was five years old, Quansah has been a member of Liverpool, slowly rising through the youth levels to make his senior debut this year.
According to FotMob, the young player had more touches (121) than any other player did against Union SG while also completing the most passes (100) and making a number of crucial defender interventions.
Although Joe Gomez is presently the fifth option, behind Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Joel Matip, and Joe Gomez, he has previously demonstrated his ability to step in, and he will do it again in the future.
The academy graduate was formerly a member of the England U20s team and was instrumental in his nation’s victory in the 2022 U19 Euros, scoring in the semifinal and providing an assist in the championship game.