I expect my team-mate to get in the Liverpool side when he returns – he’s electric

Tommy Conway, a team-mate of Ben Doak for both club and country presently, believes the Liverpool winger has a big future

Liverpool prospect Ben Doak is enjoying a superb season on loan at Middlesbrough. And the exciting teenage talent is being backed to force his way into Arne Slot’s side when he returns to Anfield.

The 19-year-old has scored one goal and has three assists to his name for Michael Carrick’s promotion-pushing side since making a loan move from Liverpool in August.

And his Boro team-mate Tommy Conway has backed Doak, who he also plays alongside for Scotland, to use his spell in the Championship as a platform to become a regular Premier League performer at Anfield.

“I’ve put my arm around Doakie and looked after him a bit. But he has taken to it here at Boro like a duck to water,” said Conway, who made a £4.5m move to the Riverside Stadium in the summer from Bristol City.

“I can’t say enough about him. He’s like what he is on the pitch off it as well – he’s electric. The boy’s always at it. Hopefully we can both take that on to the international stage and cause carnage there.

“When Doakie is dribbling with the ball, going at someone, you just know something’s going to happen. And as a striker myself, that’s what I want. He’s going to chuck in a stepover, get to the byline and put in a cross, which is great for me.

“He can do that for Scotland as well. You saw it in the last camp. I watched the Croatia game where he gave Gvardiol (Manchester City defender Josko Gvardio) a hard time. When Doakie came back, he joked that he had him in his pocket. That sums him up.