'He can be very proud' - Virgil van Dijk singles out Liverpool starlet for praise after Wolves win
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has hailed the seamless nature of Jarell Quansah's adaptation to the Premier League - but has challenged the young defender to "keep his standards high".
After a summer of training with Liverpool's first team in Germany and Singapore, Quansah, 20, was handed his Premier League debut in the 2-1 victory against Newcastle United on August 27.
The Warrington-born defender was introduced to the action at St James' Park with just 13 minutes remaining as Jurgen Klopp looked to shuffle his pack, who had been playing without Van Dijk since his red card in the first half, in the hope of turning the game on its head.
Introduced alongside Darwin Nunez, who fired a late brace on Tyneside, Quansah impressed during his cameo as Liverpool earned an incredible 2-1 smash-and-grab win against the Magpies. Since then, the 20-year-old has featured against Aston Villa on September 2 before being handed his full Premier League debut in the 2-1 triumph at Wolverhampton Wanderers last week.
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The England youth international, who has been on the Reds' books since the age of five, was handed a starting berth in the West Midlands with Van Dijk serving an additional one-match suspension for his reaction to his sending off at St James' Park, while Ibrahima Konate had only completed two sessions at the AXA Training Centre after sustaining a hamstring injury against Bournemouth.
Writing in his programme notes ahead of Sunday's Premier League encounter against West Ham United, Van Dijk, who watched his side transform their fortunes in the Black Country with an
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