THE son of former Colchester United favourite Neil Danns has made his Premier League debut for Liverpool.

Jayden Danns came on as an 89th minute substitute for the Reds in their 4-1 victory over Luton Town, last night.

The 18-year-old forward was named in the Liverpool first-team squad for the first time for the Hatters clash, having progressed steadily through the academy ranks at Anfield and broken through, this season.

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The Liverpool-born teenager joined the club when he was eight years old and has been with the Reds throughout the whole of his youth career.

Danns, who is the 39th different player to be named in a Liverpool matchday squad this season, has been featuring for both the club’s under-21 and under-18 teams, this season.

He also played for Liverpool under-21s in their EFL Trophy win over Morecambe, last September.

 

Speaking recently to the Liverpool website, he said: “My long-term aim is to be the best player I can possibly be.

“I don’t want to end my career and have any regrets where I could have worked harder. I’d rather just put all the work in and try to get as much as I can from it.

“Step by step, I want to become the player that I envision.”

Danns is the son of Colchester promotion hero Neil Danns, who helped the club win a historic promotion to the Championship in 2006, under Phil Parkinson.

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The 41-year-old is currently Tranmere Rovers’ assistant manager, having returned to his old club, where he played between 2019 and 2020, in May, 2023.

Danns left his role as manager Macclesfield FC having led them to promotion to the Northern Premier League as champions.

The former midfielder made a total of 85 league and cup appearances for Colchester, after joining them from Blackburn Rovers in December 2004, initially on loan.

He left the U's to join Birmingham City, in the summer of 2006 and went on to play for the likes of Crystal Palace, Bolton Wanderers and Leicester City.