Ben Doak will leave Liverpool for Bournemouth in a £ 25 million deal and the young person leaves with glowing recommendations from Virgil van Dijk and former boss Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool -Wing player Ben Doak will formalize a move to Bournemouth on Monday for £ 25 million. And the cherries get a star, according to Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
Doak, 19, came to Liverpool of Celtic in March 2022 as a 16-year-old for just £ 600,000 and now the Reds will make a stunning win on the talented young person.
The striking versions of the SCOT for the U18s and U21s of the club caused a wave of excitement at Anfield, because he was presented with comparisons with a young Michael Owen. Liverpool also rejected an £ 15 million offer from Crystal Palace in January.
Van Dijk's glowing assessment came after Doak played just over 60 minutes for the Reds against the Austrian side League in a Europa League -similar in 2023. The young person showed his speed and fast feet while he pulled the backline of Lask Bamboo, later a huge praise from the DUTCH icon and former manager Jurgen Klopp.
“It was a big night for him,” Van Dijk said. “It would never be easy, it was a difficult pitch, but he could have set at least two goals in the first half where he passed his husband as if there were no one.
“Unfortunately there was no one at the end. But I am happy for him and I am also very enthusiastic for him and the future that is coming. So we are really satisfied with the night because there were many positives about what would always be a tough test.”
Doak became the fourth-jongest player who appeared before the Reds in the European competition with his start against Lask. Speaking after the 3-1 victory, Klopp also praised the young winger.
“If we could have used Ben Doak a little more often, could have given him the ball a little more, then he could have had more even times on the touchline to cause problems,” Klopp said.
Rinse back to December 2022 and the German also greeted a late cameo from Doak, who helped Darwin Nunez with a 4-1 thrashing from AC Milan in the Dubai Super Cup.
“Ben Doak comes up, 17 years old, and is this kind of natural power, it's really cool to see,” Klopp said at the time. “I'm not sure if the academy could watch the game tonight, but if you see these guys and in a game like this performance, it's cool.”
After a series of injuries that did not make Doak in the first Liverpool team, he spent last season on loan in Championship Club Middlesbrough, he scored three goals and packaging seven assists in 24 performances.
Doak has now made Merseyside made 10 senior performances for Liverpool. Bournemouth was beaten 4-2 on Friday evening by the Reds in their opening match of the new Premier League season, despite the mounting of a spicy fightback.
After lost Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez to Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid and Liverpool respectively, Andoni Iraola spoke about the need for reinforcements after the defeat at Anfield.
He claimed that the cherries are “not where they want to be” at the moment. The signing of Doak, however, must give Iraola and Bournemouth fans a shock of excitement, especially if Van Dijk and Klopp's predictions flourish.