Liverpool team news: Rhian Brewster included in Reds squad for Champions League final
The 19-year-old has yet to make a senior appearance
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Your support makes all the difference.Teenager Rhian Brewster has been included in Liverpool's Champions League squad for the final against Tottenham.
The 19-year-old has yet to make a senior appearance and although he was on the bench for the 4-0 semi-final, second-leg comeback against Barcelona at Anfield he was an unused substitute.
Fellow youngsters Ben Woodburn and Curtis Jones did not make the cut but third-choice goalkeeper Caomhin Kelleher has travelled as a change in Uefa regulations means managers are allowed to name up to 12 substitutes for the final.
First choice striker Roberto Firmino should be fit to play in Madrid.
The Brazilian missed Liverpool's final three matches of the season.
While Jurgen Klopp admitted he was ready to start, he was reluctant to give too much away about his lineup.
Klopp said: "Yes, he is ready (to start). If Poch (Mauricio Pochettino) afterwards says the exact line-up then call me and I'll tell you.
"He is fit, he has trained and he is here. If nothing happened since he left the plane he should be fine."
Klopp also dismissed any talk about his record in finals - he has lost his last six - and does not believe winning them has anything to do with luck or fate.
"If I would be the reason for losing six finals in a row then everyone should worry," Klopp said.
"Do you think I have an unlucky career? All my career was not unlucky, I am probably the world record holder in the last seven years in winning semi-finals. If I were to write a book about it probably no-one would buy it.
"It could have been better, it could have been worse. I am fine."
Provisional Liverpool squad: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane, Mignolet, Gomez, Lovren, Moreno, Lallana, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Sturridge, Origi, Brewster, Kelleher.
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