Calvin Ramsay has emerged as a surprise option for Liverpool’s first team after Conor Bradley‘s injury, but Arne Slot is not planning to use him unless necessary.Will Calvin Ramsay play for Liverpool? Arne Slot delivers honest assessmentSquad status: Despite Conor Bradley‘s season-ending injury, Calvin Ramsay is unlikely to see significant minutes. Arne Slot says he has “better options.”The pecking order: Ramsay is effectively fifth-choice right-back. Slot prefers Jeremie Frimpong and Joe Gomez, plus midfielders Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones.Loan decision: Previously expected to return to Scotland on loan this month, the 22-year-old will now stay at Liverpool for the remainder of the campaign.Ramsay has made the matchday squad in each of the last seven games, and with Bradley now out for the rest of the season he is not expected to be loaned out this month.Instead the Scot will stay around Slot’s first-team squad as right-back cover – though asked about his chances of playing, Liverpool’s head coach gave a brutal verdict.““He’s with us, but I still think I have better options to play.”“I think it’s great for Calvin where he is at the moment,” Slot began.“Half a year ago he came back to this club, to the U21s, and of course everyone who is playing for the U21s is hoping for a moment, for a chance.“But it’s a big, big, big chance that he’s having now to come to the first team. “So when someone is really unlucky with the injuries that we’re having there is always a player that benefits from that, and Calvin is one of them.“He’s with us, but I still think I have better options to play.“But the moment I run out of options he has shown, in the one game he played against Palace and the moments he trained with us, that he is good enough to be in and around our players.“Then sometimes you have to wait for a chance to show this to the rest of the world.“But in this moment of time I have, in my opinion, still better options than him.”Those options are specialist defenders Jeremie Frimpong and Joe Gomez along with midfielders Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones.With Mohamed Salah set to return from the Africa Cup of Nations next week – and perhaps as early as Tuesday’s clash with Marseille in the Champions League – Frimpong will be freed up to resume duties as first-choice right-back.That drops Ramsay down the pecking order further, arguably to fifth choice, despite Slot recognising his accomplished display in the Carabao Cup defeat to Crystal Palace in October.While the 22-year-old, who was previously expected to return to Scotland on loan this month, was not even considered a first-team option heading into the current campaign, there is cause to question whether such a blunt approach was necessary from Slot.Does Calvin Ramsay deserve more of a chance under Arne Slot?Arne Slot didn’t mince words when discussing Calvin Ramsay, admitting he still prefers playing midfielders out of position over the young Scot. With Jeremie Frimpong established as the starter and Joe Gomez providing cover, Ramsay remains is not expected to feature unless in emergency.Is Slot being too brutal or is Ramsay simply not at the level required?Have your say: Should Slot trust a natural right-back like Ramsay, or is he right to stick with his “better options”? Let us know in the comments.