Liverpool have given Ben Doak a new three-year deal but who exactly is the highly-rated 17-year-old?
Doak joined from Celtic earlier this year and enjoyed an impressive debut against Derby County in a League Cup tie.
And we’ve bought you everything you need to know about the Scottish talent.
Who is he?
Born in Scotland in November 2005, Ben comes from a footballing family and is the grandson of former Morton player Martin Doak.
He joined Celtic’s academy at a young age and was part of the St Ninian’s school programme, following in the footsteps of Kieran Tierney and Liam Henderson.
Doak first shot to prominence with a goal and Man of the Match performance on his debut for Scotland Under-17s against Wales in September 2021.
The academy graduate made his Celtic B debut in December 2021, playing under former Aberdeen and Hibernian defender Tommy McIntyre.
After training with the Celtic first-team, he was also promoted to the matchday squad in December, sitting on the bench for the 3-1 win at St Johnstone.
The 16-year-old then made his Celtic debut a month later, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute in a 1–0 Scottish Premiership win against Dundee United. He then became the club’s second-youngest debutant after Jack Aitchison.
Doak has since made another cameo appearance in a 3-0 win over Rangers as Celtic tried to convince him to stay in Glasgow.
But Liverpool fended off competition from a number of tops clubs around Europe to sign Doak, who found the prospect of working alongside Jurgen Klopp too good to turn down.
He made his club debut against Derby in November and wowed Anfield with a Salah-esque shuffle.
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Where he plays
Doak is naturally a winger and has mainly played in that position for Celtic’s youth sides, but he’s also very versatile. The 16-year-old has been used as an attacking full-back, a wing-back or even as an attacking midfielder.
He’s renowned for his incredible speed, impressive dribbling ability and willingness to directly take on an opposing defender.
Liverpool currently have an abundance of exciting attacking players, including Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane, Luis Diaz and Roberto Firmino.
But Doak would probably hone his skills with their Under-18s and Under-23s before looking to replace those forwards in the next few years.
What he said
Unsurprisingly, the 16-year-old is yet to do any interviews with the media, but he couldn’t…
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