Quansah reveals Wembley dreams ahead of Carabao Cup final

Jarell Quansah has revealed he was at Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final victory over Chelsea in 2022 and is seeking to emulate that success this afternoon at Wembley. 

The 21-year-old has made the breakthrough at Anfield this season and has played four out of five of the club’s Carabao Cup matches thus far. 

The England under-21 international has also made the step up to Premier League level this season featuring in the top flight for the first time back in August for the game against Newcastle. 

As injuries have bitten across the Liverpool squad, Quansah has been a dependable member of Jurgen Klopp’s back four, managing 20 appearances in all competitions thus far. 

Quansah admits he’s dreaming about Carabao Cup glory this afternoon, just one year on from an unglamorous but productive loan spell in League One. 

"It's going to be the best feeling. I've already had dreams about it and sometimes when I think about it by myself, I get butterflies,” he said in an interview with the official Liverpool website. 

"I'm just so excited for it. It's a great opportunity for us to try to win a trophy and do the best we can.

"It's crazy. I've just been told that a year ago on [the day of] the final I'd just played against Oxford City away for Bristol Rovers in League One. 

"Coming from there and doing what we're doing now, it's a special thing and hopefully we can win. It'll be a special achievement. 

"You always look at Wembley and there's 90,000 fans. It's definitely something you look forward to, you want to play in front of. 

"I was at the final when Liverpool won it last, seeing what it means to the fans and hearing One Kiss and everything like this. It was special and hopefully we can recreate that." 

Quansah wants to taste glory in his first season

This will be Quansah’s first tilt at a trophy in the senior ranks having risen quickly through the age groups and he is eyeing the opportunity to clinch glory for a talented and committed group. 

“There's not loads of opportunities you get to win trophies,” he said. “Say an average career is 15 years, that's 15 chances to win the Carabao Cup and it's not many.

"Any opportunity you get, you've got to take it with both hands, and that's exactly what we're going to try to do.

“In this group, you can feel there's a lot of hunger. We want to win trophies. Just getting to the final won't be enough for us. We really do want to win it and there's a lot of belief there that we can. 

"We know it's going to be a tough game and everything like that, but there's a lot of strong personalities here. 

"For me to win a final in my first season, that [would] be great. A lot of players have come [in] this year and for them to win it in their first season will be unbelievable as well. 

"There's a lot of personal motivation and a lot of team motivation as well."