Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders says Conor Bradley and Bobby Clark have a big future at Anfield.

Lijnders admits the pair may force a rethink over their market plans.

He said: "We always believe in the Academy as well. I think one thing is that you want to produce your own players to be able to fight, to compete and to win prizes. The other reason why we have an academy and 250 players there running and dreaming and hoping is that in these moments where it's harder, when a season gets tough in terms of injuries, that they can back you. And so far they always did.

"You look to Conor Bradley, he comes in [against Arsenal], [Gabriel] Martinelli comes in fresh to go one-v-one constantly, and maybe the first one not [with] the big diagonal he couldn't clear but after that he reads, he learns and he can clear two or three. One-v-one against Martinelli, first one he gets outplayed, the second one he learns and closes the outside better. So these boys, they learn at the same moment.

"I think Conor and Bobby [Clark], they are not backup players, they are part of our squad, they are young, they are hungry and they are made for games like this. Look what happened to Jarell, we put him in at Newcastle when we were with 10 men. After that, he feels our trust, he knows that we really can rely on him and he makes the steps he makes. Young players just need opportunities. They don't need criticism, they just need trust from the coaching staff. That's what we try to do."