Liverpool's Jayden Danns has signed a new deal and joined Sunderland on loan. Liverpool and Sunderland both confirmed the loan move of Jayden Danns to Wearside on Tuesday lunchtime — more than 12 hours after the window shut — with the player also committing to a new deal at Anfield and with an injury update on the striker and teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold also coming to light.
It was revealed on Monday that the Wearsiders — very much in the thick of the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League and having recorded an impressive win at the home of neighbours Middlesbrough on Monday evening — were in talks over a deal to bring the year-old Scouser to the Stadium of Light from Liverpool.
Rated highly by Arne Slot, last week Danns made history for the Reds when he became the youngest player to start for the club in European competition when he made the line-up for the final Champions League group game against PSV Eindhoven — a match that ended in a defeat for a youthful and inexperienced Liverpool side.
Now it has confirmed that Danns has indeed completed his move to Wearside with a simultaneous announcement from both clubs on Tuesday lunchtime. Before heading out on loan, Liverpool have also confirmed that Danns has signed a new long-term deal at Anfield as a reward for his rapid progress. Sunderland beat the likes of Blackburn, Stoke and Preston to the signing of Danns, who only turned 19 last month, but already has three goals in nine appearances for the Reds.
He is expected to be sidelined for a week to 10 days. Liverpool then face a clash at Everton on Wednesday February 12 in their rearranged Premier League game and the Reds will decide in the build-up to that game whether he can make his return.
