Teenage goalkeeper Jack Porter turned the youngest participant to start out a match for Arsenal when he made his senior debut within the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
At 16 years and 72 days outdated, Porter changed Cesc Fabregas – who performed on this competitors aged 16 years and 177 days in 2003 – because the youngest participant to line up for the Gunners after they beat Bolton 5-1 in the third round.
Seen by many as an inconvenience in an already congested calendar, the EFL Cup stays important with regards to blooding rising Premier League expertise.
From future England stars Wayne Rooney, John Terry and David Beckham all making their first-team debuts within the competitors, to ‘Klopp’s Children’ – a bunch of younger Liverpool gamers who guided the Reds to the 2024 trophy – it has usually supplied a platform for kids to impress.
This season, an 18-year-old winger who has been in comparison with Kylian Mbappe, an thrilling Swedish prospect, and a 16-year-old defender are amongst these to be handed their likelihood within the EFL Cup.
BBC Sport takes a have a look at the newest crop of younger expertise to be handed their first-team debuts within the competitors.