Liverpool's Jayden Danns ruled out of Sparta Prague first leg
Talented teenager attacker Jayden Danns has been ruled out of the first leg of Liverpool's Europa League last-16 clash with Sparta Prague due to a reported concussion.
The 18-year-old is beginning to make waves in Jurgen Klopp's first team and has already made four appearances for the senior side this season, scoring twice in an FA Cup beating of Southampton.
Danns has also appeared in Premier League fixtures with Luton Town and Nottingham Forest — as well as coming off the bench against Chelsea in the EFL Cup final — after scoring in each of his first seven Under-18 Premier League appearances of the season.
The 2006-born protege would have been in line to make his European debut at epet Arena on Thursday night, but he was a notable absentee from the Reds' 23-man travelling squad, which was released on Wednesday afternoon.
In the 85th minute of last weekend's 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest, Danns was booked for a collision with Tricky Trees goalkeeper Matz Sels, in which the Reds attacker apparently sustained a concussion.
As a result, Danns will not be available to take on the Czech champions as he follows the mandatory recovery protocol, and he is one of 10 absentees for Klopp to contend with for Thursday's first leg.
Joel Matip, Ben Doak, Curtis Jones, Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota, Stefan Bajcetic, Thiago Alcantara and Ryan Gravenberch are all keeping Danns company in the treatment room, but Mohamed Salah has made the cut.
The Egypt international has been unavailable since picking up another muscle injury against Brentford on February 17, but he rejoined his teammates for practice at Kirkby before their flight to Prague.
Klopp said at his pre-game press conference that Salah was raring to go, but
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