Ben Doak has signed a new contract at Liverpool, with Pep Guardiola perhaps offering an insight into his future Liverpool role with Jérémy Doku at Manchester City.
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Ben Doak’s agreement to a new long-term contract at Anfield was good and perhaps unexpected news for Liverpool supporters on Tuesday afternoon. Since joining the Reds from Celtic over a year ago, the Scottish teenager has shown tremendous promise in a red shirt.Doak hasn’t yet made a name for himself.
Earlier this summer, the Reds manager was quoted as saying, “Doak, obviously nice signs, he’s with us in training again.” (via the Daily Record). “Special boy, really self-assured, has something no one else really delivers, this kind of dribbling, this kind of unflinching bravery, all these kind of things.”
It is still very early for Doak, but it is clear to see that he has very specific qualities relating to his directness and ability on the dribble, particularly when he’s deployed on the flanks. Klopp will be eager to harness those perks in the near future, certainly based on the make-up of his current system. In April, the German tampered with his go-to approach, instructing his players to adopt a new-look 3-2-5 shape whenever possession was under control, with a box midfield forming in the center of the park.
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Doku can effectively serve as a blueprint for Doak whenever he is featured and demonstrates how Liverpool could outperform the $68m transfer given the relative fees at stake. Doak is unlikely to have many opportunities in the Premier League over the course of the next 12 months given that he is still a teenager. Doak will have plenty of time to develop in Merseyside, but Klopp already has a structure in place that might help him perform at his best.
