Meet the ‘fearless’ super talent already training with Liverpool’s first team
Arne Slot has an exciting talent training with Liverpool's first team at the moment.
There's a reason why the Reds are Premier League Champions - they have the best squad in the entire league and have performed better than anyone else.
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Slot has been criticised for his lack of rotation - but his job is not an enviable one. Liverpool have so many superstars in the squad, it's difficult to choose who plays.
The starting line-up has been so brilliant as well, none of them have deserved to be dropped. Liverpool have also been very fortunate to have picked up very few injuries during the course of the season.
All of that has meant sometimes even the likes of Federico Chiesa, someone who is an Italian international and European Championship winner, are struggling to make the bench.
Under these conditions it's no surprise that Liverpool's young players haven't had much of a look-in. But obviously, Slot is trying to change that.
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He's worked with many young players during his career, most notably Givairo Read, who has emerged as a really exciting full-back at Feyenoord this season.
Liverpool have plenty of young talent of their own. We've seen the likes of Trey Nyoni and Jayden Danns get minutes this season.
Rio Ngumoha has also emerged as a fantastic talent and there's another player worth keeping an eye on who has been training with Liverpool's first team recently.
Trent Kone-Doherty has been spotted training with the club's first team recently and he's shared a picture of himself on his official Instagram account as well.
Only 18-years-old, he was just the third academy youngster to debut under Slot this season making a cameo against Plymouth in the FA Cup.
Kone-Doherty was really positive in that game during the brief moments he spent on the pitch and he's been catching the eye in training as well.
A really sharp winger who loves to take players on, Kone-Doherty has previously described himself as a 'fearless' player on the club's official website.
"I feel like I play my best game when I play fearless, to be honest. I try to just back myself no matter who I'm playing against. I think my dad kind of drilled it into me when I was younger," Kone-Doherty said.
"Any time I got the ball when I was young, I used to just try to dribble [past] people. It's something that's just kind of stuck with me and I think I play my best when I'm playing fearless."
He's now dribbling past Premier League 2 defenders with a really efficient rate. Among Premier League 2 players who average at least five dribblers per 90 minutes - no one has a better success rate than Kone-Doherty.
He completes 73.21% of his 5.6 dribble attempts per 90 minutes. There is no way to understate how impressive of a statistic that is.
A player who averages that volume of dribbles normally has a very good success rate at around 65%. Kone-Doherty's success rate far exceeds that number.
Of course, how well that translates to adult football remains to be seen, but he's clearly an exciting player with the potential to become a super talent if he can replicate those numbers in the first team.
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Slot is clearly taking a good look at him right now and it's going to be interesting to see what happens going forward.
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