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‘I’m not sure’: Pundit says Ben Doak has just done something at Liverpool that he wouldn’t have at Celtic

Young Ben Doak has really been setting the heather on fire at Liverpool. The 17-year-old winger has been earning rave reviews ever since he made the switch from Glasgow’s east end to Merseyside.

The youngster has al🧔ready made seven top-team appearances as he cont🙈inues his development under Jurgen Klopp.

He really was a sore one for Celtic to lose last summer and former Celtic striker, Andy Walker, was quizzed on𒉰 what the Parkhead club can do to try and keep a hold of their top young talents.

Wal⛄ker said [], “Well, the answer is you can’t. And ꧃I’m thinking of recent Celtic teams with homegrown players. I’m thinking of Aiden McGeady, who come through, I think made them a lot of money when he went to Spartak Moscow.

“He was a huge suc🦄cess before he moved. Stephen McManus and Sean 🅷Maloney, who come through and made money but it’s always down to the individual.

“They’ve all got agents, and maybe the option for Ben Doak is ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthat he’s 17 and he’s pl𒁏aying from the start in Europe (for Liverpool).

“Would he be do𓆏ing that at Celtic ♓at 17? I’m not sure.”

Ben Doak is Celtic’s loss but Liverpool’s gain

The fact that Doak has been assessed as good enough to start for Liverpool in their fir💖st European tie this season and wasn’t deemed ready to feature m🐈ore for Celtic is of great credit to the Premier League side.

They have shown the youngster a lot of faith and they will benefit from that in years to come. And Walker is correct. Doak wo♛uld never have been given a start at such a young a🧜ge in such an important game at Celtic.

Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images
Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images

Now, I am well aware that there is more sc🅰ope to take a chance on a youngster in a team such as Liverpool’s. Their first-team squad is brimming with world-class talent. If the youngster makes a mistake he can rely on some of the best players in the game to help recover it.

And although Celtic do have a talented squad, it’s nowhere near the level of Liverpool’s. However, Doak is🎃 clearly a player who was good enough to play for Celtic and the♎ club will still be gutted at losing him.

All Celtic can do now is try and hold onto and develop some of the exciting talent they have in their youth set up. Fans love nothing more ෴than seeing players come through the ranks and Celtic certainly have more than a few that could be ready to make that jump re🗹al soon.

In other news, ‘Crying o🐼ut for’: Andy Walker suggests Brendan Rodgers is now trying to fix one key problem in Celtic squad