{"id":16372,"date":"2023-03-01T08:45:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T08:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/liverpool-doak-is-the-dream-salah-heir\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T08:45:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T08:45:43","slug":"liverpool-doak-is-the-dream-salah-heir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/liverpool-doak-is-the-dream-salah-heir\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Doak is the dream Salah heir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"read-duration\"><span>3<\/span> minute read<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"publish-date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-clock\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2023-03-01T08:45:43Z\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span\/>1\/3\/2023 | <span>08:45am<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/time><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- #article-meta --><\/p>\n<p>\t       \t <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/liverpool-fc-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> supporters are understandably downcast after a stark decline in form and performance this season has left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/jurgen-klopp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jurgen Klopp\u2019s<\/a> outfit scraping for top four after years of competing for major silverware across multiple fronts.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the German manager has won it all on Merseyside, notably gleaning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/champions-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> and completing the domestic cup double last season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-shortcode-web-stories-embed web-stories-embed alignnone\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 1.666667; --width: 360px; --height: 600px\">\n\t\t\t\t<amp-story-player><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/web-stories\/liverpool-transfer-news-latest-update-rumours-lfc-klopp-fsg-anfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/amp-story-player>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But progress has been hindered this season and the club languish nine points outside the top four, also out of both domestic cup competitions and facing an insurmountable task in the second leg of their Champions League tie against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/la-liga\/real-madrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a> after falling to a chastening 5-2 defeat at Anfield in the first match.<\/p>\n<p>With all affiliated with the club desperate for a ray of sunshine, attention must be turned to precocious teenage starlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/ben-doak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Doak<\/a>, who is brimming with quality and starting to demonstrate that he could cement a prominent role in Klopp\u2019s system over the coming years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?220602-83346\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on FootballFanCast.com<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Who is Ben Doak?<\/h3>\n<p>Last weekend, Doak inspired Liverpool U21s to an emphatic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/arthur-returns-doak-inspires-liverpool-u21s-7-1-win-over-leicester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7-1<\/a> victory over Leicester U21s, scoring twice and playing a pivotal role in two further strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Hailed as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeiferMacd\/status\/1629511114403848197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the pick of the bunch<\/a>\u201d by journalist Keifer MacDonald, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/celtic-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic<\/a> prodigy is starting to confirm his stature as the Merseyside club\u2019s most exciting young talent.<\/p>\n<p>A right winger by trade, the young Scot might find it hard to usurp the established and brilliant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/mohamed-salah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohamed Salah<\/a>, but the distinguished star\u2019s occupation of the position must be greeted with warm acceptance by the 17-year-old, who could serve as the perfect understudy to the Egyptian and absorb the fruits of his labour as he moulds and refines his own arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salah has scored a remarkable <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/mohamed-salah\/leistungsdatenverein\/spieler\/148455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">175<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> goals and provided 72 assists for the Reds since his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11669\/10924233\/liverpool-complete-signing-of-mohamed-salah-from-roma-on-five-year-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a334m<\/a> arrival from AS Roma, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thisisanfield\/status\/1589338547269427200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">renowned<\/a> as one of the world\u2019s leading forwards and valued at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballtransfers.com\/en\/players\/mohamed-salah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a359m<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Football Transfers, but given Doak\u2019s exemplary start and numbers at youth level, there is no reason why he cannot emulate the prowess of his superlative senior peer.<\/span><\/p>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/liverpool-fc-news\/?\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<p><h2>Are you excited about Doak?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"poll-images\" data-poll-id=\"691785\">\n<div class=\"poll-image\" data-votes=\"178\" data-percentage=\"84\">\n<div class=\"voting-area\" data-poll-item-id=\"54516\" data-poll-id=\"691785\" data-poll-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/snack-poll\/are-you-excited-about-doak\" data-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/liverpool-fc-news\/liverpool-mohamed-salah-ben-doak-jurgen-klopp-in-the-pipeline-premier-league\" data-poll-item-nonce=\"31b7658550\">\n<h3>Of course!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"image\">\n                \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ben-Doak-scaled-e1647344167983-400x400.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Of course!\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>\n                    <button>Vote<\/button>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"poll-image\" data-votes=\"35\" data-percentage=\"16\">\n<div class=\"voting-area\" data-poll-item-id=\"54517\" data-poll-id=\"691785\" data-poll-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/snack-poll\/are-you-excited-about-doak\" data-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/liverpool-fc-news\/liverpool-mohamed-salah-ben-doak-jurgen-klopp-in-the-pipeline-premier-league\" data-poll-item-nonce=\"2313571060\">\n<h3>No chance!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"image\">\n                \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ben-Doak-e1644067425933-400x400.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"No chance!\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>\n                    <button>Vote<\/button>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Having scored ten goals and served eight assists from just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/ben-doak\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/719673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">19<\/a> matches in a youth capacity this season, Doak is inches away from earning a shot in the senior set-up, and if Liverpool decide to utilise him next season \u2013 having already made five displays this term \u2013 or even loan him out to provide him regular minutes, there is high hope that he will glimmer among his peers.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in his column for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/column-jay-spearing-fa-youth-cup-memories-ipswich-test-and-ben-doak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool\u2019s website<\/a>, academy coach Jay Spearing waxed lyrical about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/ben-doak\/nationalmannschaft\/spieler\/719673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">three-cap<\/a> Scotland U21 international\u2019s progress, saying: \u201cBen was in our team at the start of the season and he was absolutely flying. He has made rapid progress and he is a great kid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe works so hard, and he has got a great mentality. That drive and desire the boy has, it\u2019s no surprise to us he has done so well. Fingers crossed, he can keep it going and keep getting better because the lad has a lot of ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"quiz-container\" data-progress=\"0\" data-total-questions=\"11\" data-question-id=\"784702\" data-quiz-id=\"784655\" data-quiz-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/snack-quiz\/big-fat-liverpool-quiz-of-the-year-can-you-get-100\" data-trailing-slash=\"\" data-tracking=\"\" data-device=\"desktop\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/snack-quiz\/big-fat-liverpool-quiz-of-the-year-can-you-get-100\/quiz-page\/2\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"quiz-question with-image\">\n            <span class=\"image unbleed\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em; color: #525252; margin-bottom: 0 !important;\"><br \/>\n                <img width=\"600\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Liverpool-Jurgen-Klopp-e1669996999904-600x285.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Liverpool-Jurgen-Klopp-e1669996999904-600x285.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Liverpool-Jurgen-Klopp-e1669996999904-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Liverpool-Jurgen-Klopp-e1669996999904-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Liverpool-Jurgen-Klopp-e1669996999904-1536x729.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Liverpool-Jurgen-Klopp-e1669996999904-2048x973.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Liverpool-Jurgen-Klopp-e1669996999904-150x71.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/span>            <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-center\">Let&#8217;s start easy &#8211; how many points did Liverpool collect in their 2021\/22 Premier League campaign?<\/h3>\n<p>\n                    <button class=\"btn btn-block quiz-button\" disabled=\"disabled\" data-question-item-nonce=\"fd6ce2b568\" value=\"1\" data-correct-answer=\"3\" title=\"90\"><br \/>\n                        90<br \/>\n                    <\/button><br \/>\n                    <button class=\"btn btn-block quiz-button\" disabled=\"disabled\" data-question-item-nonce=\"ab16640ac8\" value=\"2\" data-correct-answer=\"3\" title=\"91\"><br \/>\n                        91<br \/>\n                    <\/button><br \/>\n                    <button class=\"btn btn-block quiz-button\" disabled=\"disabled\" data-question-item-nonce=\"00967cf076\" value=\"3\" data-correct-answer=\"3\" title=\"92\"><br \/>\n                        92<br \/>\n                    <\/button><br \/>\n                    <button class=\"btn btn-block quiz-button\" disabled=\"disabled\" data-question-item-nonce=\"fd83ec29e8\" value=\"4\" data-correct-answer=\"3\" title=\"93\"><br \/>\n                        93<br \/>\n                    <\/button>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still yet to break into adulthood, Doak is swiftly asserting himself as one of the most prodigious talents Merseyside has seen in a long time, and should he continue his development and dazzle with consistently prolific and powerful performances, there is no reason why he cannot forge a successful career under Klopp\u2019s wing.<\/p>\n<p>And with a prowess and assurance that belies his tender age, he might even earn a few more opportunities to impress among the senior crop this term, perhaps sparking from youthful life into the squad and guiding the team toward prominence once more.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t    <!-- Article End -->\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '624174331737451');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/liverpool-fc-news\/liverpool-mohamed-salah-ben-doak-jurgen-klopp-in-the-pipeline-premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 minute read 1\/3\/2023 | 08:45am Liverpool supporters are understandably downcast after a stark decline in form and performance this season has left Jurgen Klopp\u2019s outfit scraping for top four after years of competing for major silverware across multiple fronts. 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