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Ben Doak braced for major Liverpool chance as Anfield legend sees what's coming if Mohamed Salah leaves
He's the heir to the Egyptian King’s throne and Jan Molby believes Ben Doak could be wearing Mo Salah’s crown a lot sooner than many may have thought.
Liverpool legend Molby has paid close attention as the talented teen made a big impact for Scotland in their impressive wins over Croatia and Poland in the Nations League. Doak was first given his Liverpool debut under Jurgen Klopp but when new boss Arne Slot arrived in the summer he decided to send the talented youngster out to Championship side Middlesbrough to get regular game time.
The Dane is in no doubt Slot will have sat up and taken notice of the impact Doak has made and that should help to open the door back to the Liverpool first-team. Salah is in the final year of his contract and Molby, like every other Liverpool fan, is hoping the Egyptian King extends his Anfield stay but he believes Doak could be his eventual successor.
Molby, speaking to promote seatloader.com, claimed: “Ben Doak has started the last two games for Scotland and been one of the standouts as well. “He's obviously the type of player that instantly gets your attention because he's so explosive, isn't he?
“There's no doubt that Liverpool will be keeping a close eye on him and be reporting back to Arne Slot If Liverpool were to produce a young player in that position it would be good especially as there's a doubt whether Mo Salah might sign or might not. So it's a hell of an opportunity for the boy, I mean, to be at Liverpool at that age and also to be almost a regular starter for Scotland, isn't it?"
Molby was impressed with the way reputations counted for very little and Doak led top Premier League defenders a merry dance, in the shape of Manchester City’s Croatian defender Josh Gvardiol and then Arsenal’s Polish star Jakub Kiwior. He thinks he is flourishing in a more attacking Scottish team under Steve Clarke.
The former Liverpool midfielder stated: “You know, he's come up against a couple of Premier League defenders, Gvardiol and Kiwior, the Arsenal boy from Poland. He’s given them both a tough time with his explosiveness and that directness.
“I think Scotland themselves, when you look back at the Euros, that disappointing game against Hungary. They've also changed the way that they play. They play at a higher tempo, they play more direct and that, of course, suits Ben, doesn't it? He wants the game to be open and he wants it to be a high-tempo game.”
Liverpool signed Doak from Celtic and Jurgen Klopp fast-tracked him into the first-team. Molby knows he has got all the talent, if he continues to work on his game. He stated: “There are no rules when you play young players, it can be very difficult sometimes.
“But the fact that Jürgen was prepared to involve them in some games early on, obviously, led you to believe that the club thought an awful lot of him. I think with the coaching today, I think somebody will always be there to try and make him improve, to try and see things and try and improve that end product. But anyone who's got the raw material, what he's got, he's got a big chance in the game.”
Doak grabbed a lot of the headlines in Poland but it was another Liverpool star, in Andy Robertson, who nabbed the glory. The Scotland skipper came up trumps with a stoppage time winner to push Scotland into the play-offs to remain in Nations League Group A.
Robertson isn’t known for his goals for club and country. His last goal for Scotland was in Clarke’s first game against Cyprus before Monday night. Molby was delighted for his fellow Red.
He said: “For as many games as he played for Liverpool and for as many miles he's run over all those games, isn't it? He doesn't get many goals. You have full backs who know where they need to be to score goals but Andy is different. “He knows where he needs to be to create and assist goals.
“Yeah, he's been more of an assist man than a goal scorer, but it was a nice header against Poland. It was a proper bullet header and no more than what Scotland deserved.”
Robertson was one of Klopp’s key players and it has continued to be the same under Slot. Molby thinks the tactical changes of the new Dutch boss will also benefit the Scot going forward. Molby explained: “Liverpool don't play at the same high tempo this season. “I believe there's less pressure, certainly on the full backs, to be the ones who create and their roles are slightly different.
“I think that'll suit Andy Robertson, as I said before. “He's got a lot of games and a lot of miles on his legs. The manager likes Konstantinos Tsimikas as well.
“I don't think he's at that stage where he can maybe play 60 games a year for 90 minutes with the effort he puts into every match. “But I'm sure there's plenty more good games in him.”
Molby was talking to promote Seat Loader, an official site for premium Liverpool FC match day hospitality packages. (www.seatloader.com).
