Who is Ben Doak? Liverpool working on plan for 'special' teenage talent
If there is an abiding image of Ben Doak's fledgling Liverpool career to date, it was one taken of him on Boxing Day last year.
The winger was around a month removed from celebrating his 17th birthday when he was introduced for his Premier League debut at Aston Villa on December 26.
With the Reds 3-1 up after a hard-fought contest in Birmingham, Doak was brought on for his first taste of English football's top flight and while most youngsters would have looked to have quietly slotted in for the final moments of the game, Doak is not most youngsters.
Receiving the ball with his back to goal on the right side of the pitch, rather than simply keep hold of it with a backwards pass, Doak, instead, performed a sumptuous dummy that saw the ball roll through his legs before he turned and accelerated past Villa left-back Lucas Digne.
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France international Digne, who was left floored by the move, is unlikely to have been as directly flummoxed since his days of marking Lionel Messi in Barcelona training sessions and his allegiances to former club Everton ensured the Reds supporters in the far end of Villa Park extracted full schadenfreude from the delightful Doak move.
The former Celtic teen gave the uninitiated a tantalising snapshot of both the fearless mentality and ability that has underpinned his development on a journey that has taken him to the cusp of the first team at Anfield so far.
At 17, there will be no demands placed on Doak for the coming campaign but club coaches believe they have a potentially special talent in their ranks in
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