'Fantastic' Liverpool youngster DESTINED for the elite | OneFootball

Liverpool have a special youngster and the stars know it. He's destined for the very top.

Liverpool took a chance in the summer when they spent £40m on Milos Kerkez. The Reds saw what he did at Bournemouth last season and decided the Hungary international was their successor to Andy Robertson.

But this was certainly a case of risking it. Kerkez is the most expensive full-back in Liverpool's history and one of the priciest ever.

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Spending that on a 21-year-old is a risk - even if the signs are positive. Especially as Kerkez is moving from Bournemouth, a club that doesn't really boast the same pressure as Liverpool.

You simply never know how a player will react to making the step up. Especially when they're so young.

Kerkez's start hasn't been perfect, either. He's made some mistakes and struggled to really impact the final third.

Sunday's win over Bournemouth was the low-point. Kerkez was booked in the first half for diving before a couple more errors put him on the brink of a red card.

That prompted Arne Slot to act, bringing on Robertson as a first-half substitute for Kerkez. The Scot shone, too, proving he's far from finished as an elite option for Liverpool.

Milos Kerkez's future

Robertson, then, is best-placed to judge Kerkez and he's adamant that his new teammate will replace him as Liverpool's starting left-back. That's essentially what he said after Sunday's victory.

"He will be the starting left-back for Liverpool in the future and it's up to me to push him this season and help him improve," said Robertson, per the Liverpool Echo.

"He has a fantastic future ahead of him and he just needs to keep working hard and not let [the substitution] affect him, which it won't as he's a confident lad.