Harvey Elliott stays arguably one of the best instance, in recent times, of a younger Liverpool star’s fortunes having been reworked by a mortgage spell.
Cue a profitable mortgage with Blackburn Rovers within the 2020/21 season and the previous Fulham academy prospect has since gone on to document 27 aim contributions in 123 senior appearances (throughout all competitions).
His taking part in time has, admittedly, been a bit of restricted since Arne Slot took the reins. After all, issues merely can’t be helped by a severe harm suffered at first of the marketing campaign, nor by the actual fact the Reds have an already unimaginable array of midfield choices at their disposal.
Which then makes the query of Ben Doak’s future relatively attention-grabbing – particularly on condition that he’d be competing with Mo Salah for minutes on return.
Assuming that the Egyptian worldwide indicators a brand new contract, that’s!
Ben Doak continues to impress on mortgage
The Scotland wizard has been in sensational type for Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough this time period, racking up 10 aim contributions (three objectives, seven assists) in 24 Championship video games in 2024/25.
That’s a aim or help each 178.9 minutes (primarily based on 1,789 minutes of soccer performed) in England’s second division.
As Liverpool’s Mo Salah scored an excellent effort in opposition to Ipswich yesterday, his Boro counterpart reached double figures with a completely beautiful help in opposition to Preston North Finish.
Doak may be seen lifting the ball completely over the Preston defence at hand Delano Burgzorg a gilt-edged probability (which he took) within the second half of motion on the Deepdale.
Keep in mind our younger Scot was beneath fast stress earlier than taking part in that lofted ball!
You’ll be able to catch the clip under, courtesy of @LewisBower2021 on X:
Ben Doak as much as 10 G/A for Boro this season within the Championship. Scrumptious knock. pic.twitter.com/2c0am7kKfd
— Lewis Bower (@LewisBower2021) January 25, 2025
What does the long run maintain for Doak?
If Mo Salah opts to increase his keep at Anfield, it’s troublesome to see a world by which Doak has entry to a daily provide of minutes at Liverpool.
That’s to not say we wouldn’t take the choice of his unimaginable tempo and trickery on the bench, however it’s not like our No.11 is thought for being brittle or taking significantly effectively to early substitutions.
This then makes us wonder if or not the membership may very effectively be tempted to just accept a bid for the 19-year-old have been any suitor to satisfy our £30m asking value.
It might appear a disgrace proper now to lose such a promising, if uncooked, expertise, however maybe Richard Hughes and his staff may even see match to reinvest that cash the place it’s wanted within the squad.
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