‘Incredible’ Liverpool youngster now ranked as one of the world’s best prospects

‘Incredible’ Liverpool youngster now ranked as one of the world’s best prospects

Liverpool winger Ben Doak has been named as one of the best youth prospects in the world for the upcoming season.

 

Scouted Football released their Scouted50 list yesterday which has identified 50 wonderkids to watch over the next year.

 

Liverpool have a habit of developing some exceptional talent, with current vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold the perfect example.

 

The intrepid right-back is one of England’s most impressive technical players and the fact there are debates over whether he should be playing in defence or midfield shows how capable he is in possession.

 

Liverpool also have a knack for identifying some of the best young talent from around the world.

 

They’ve raided Fulham in recent years to sign Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho, although the young Portuguese has failed to make an impact at Anfield yet.

 

 

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Liverpool also spotted that Ben Doak was one of the best prospects at Celtic and acted quickly to sign him last March for £600,000.

 

Now, he’s among some of the best wonderkids in the world and ranked ahead of players such as Brighton’s Carlos Baleba who cost £23m this summer.

 

The ‘incredible’ winger is already featuring for the first team and this season’s Europa League could be the perfect opportunity to showcase his talents.

 

Liverpool star Doak named one of world’s best prospects

Doak has been ranked 15th among Scouted Football’s best youngsters, with Brighton star Evan Ferguson at the top of the list.

 

They tend to overlook some of the most obvious wonderkids in the world with the likes of Jude Bellingham unlikely to feature, although his younger brother Jobe is included.

 

When commenting on Doak, they say: “If you’re of a Liverpool and or Scottish persuasion, you should be very excited about Ben Doak.

 

“There’s every reason to expect that he’s Liverpool’s replacement for Mohamed Salah not only in the long run but for this season too.”

 

 

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Liverpool are going to have to address how they replace Mohamed Salah sooner rather than later.

 

Jarrod Bowen has been linked but Doak is the prospect at Liverpool that has the best chance of stepping up into that role.

 

He’s been likened to Arjen Robben by one Liverpool coach which is a very flattering comparison.

 

If he can cut inside and score from the right like the legendary Dutchman then he’ll be a very popular player at Anfield in the future.

 

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Chris Sutton says he’s absolutely baffled by what Liverpool have just done

Tue 3 October 2023 07:00

James Brooke

Chris Sutton can’t get his head around what Liverpool are trying to get from their recent statement about the PGMOL.

 

The Reds are refusing to let the mistakes from Saturday’s loss against Tottenham Hotspur lie and issued a withering statement towards the officials on Sunday.

 

The strongly worded response has been – quite bizarrely – met with widespread criticism. Adding his voice to the chorus of dissenters was former striker Sutton, who queried Liverpool’s motives for Mail Sport’s ‘It’s All Kicking Off’ podcast.

 

 

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“They are not going to get the game replayed are they? They aren’t going to get points back. There are decisions made with VAR, Brighton last season were wrong on numerous occasions but I don’t think I saw any statements from them,” railed the pundit.

 

“I just don’t know where they are going with this. Do they want heads on a platter for this? When does it end.”

 

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Sutton’s response sums up the incredibly disappointing response from the wider football world to Liverpool’s travails this weekend.

 

It really has been quite stunning – and eye-opening – that those within the game can’t see the difference between what happened to, say, Brighton, and what happened on Saturday.

 

The Reds have had VAR clangers go against them before, all teams have. Last year’s failure to disallow Gabriel Martinelli’s goal for Arsenal at The Emirates comes to mind here.

 

 

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But on that occasion, as with others, it was a failure of the technology to work properly. Martinelli’s goal couldn’t be checked by VAR, because there was a blind spot in the camera.

 

Exactly the same thing happened to Wolves when they visited Anfield in the FA Cup last season. They didn’t demand a replay did they, so why should Liverpool?!

 

Well, firstly, no one from Liverpool has even suggested a replay, or that Spurs give up the points. Secondly, this was a totally unique incident, never seen before. If PGMOL are to be believed, the goal was disallowed purely down to a miscommunication between the VAR officials and the referee.

 

The mistake was obviously realised within seconds of the goal being chalked off, but nothing done about it. For that reason, we actually don’t think Liverpool’s statement went far enough. They should push this right until the bitter end, Sutton be damned.

 

 

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