Liverpool's next Philippe Coutinho is FINALLY here | OneFootball

Meet Liverpool's next Philippe Coutinho, who is finally here and who looks like a special player.

There was nothing better than waking up every weekend waiting to watch the Brazilian play football for the Reds. Coutinho was the kind of player who you went to watch at the stadium, who you fell in love with.

He was simply a magician. His feet could do wonders mere mortal beings could not even dream of.

At his very best for Liverpool he was outrageous in terms of his ability to create chances. There's a reason why Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah all loved playing with him.

Coutinho was the connector. The player who made all of them tick and who simply had the exquisite vision and execution to be one of the best creative players to ever grace the Premier League.

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Liverpool still probably haven't found his match. Florian Wirtz is coming close to it, but there is someone else in the club's academy who has just arrived on the scene who could become the next Coutinho at Anfield.

Let us introduce you to Erik Farkas. An England U17 international, who was actually born in Hungary and is therefore the fourth Hungarian on the books at the club after Dominik Szoboszlai, Milos Kerkez and Armin Pecsi.

Farkas has been at Liverpool's academy since the age of 11, and he's recently made a breakthrough into the U18 side. Even though he's still only an U16 player, the young 16-year-old has become a starter for the U18s recently.

During the last few games, Farkas has also been allowed to play his best position as a no.10 and in the last three matches has three assists in three games.

In total, Farkas is averaging an assist every 0.57 per minutes in the U18 Premier League, which is the highest average out of players who have played at least 600 minutes in the competition so far.

That should tell you already that he is an elite creator.

Farkas loves to flit between the lines and he's very good at finding himself in the half spaces between the opposition's midfield and defence.

That was something characteristic of Coutinho at his best.

But the resemblance to Coutinho is even more obvious in Farkas' creativity and vision. He weights his passes perfectly. His through balls are almost always accurate and put his teammates in the most advantageous situations.

At times, some of the balls he executes past opposition lines are mesmerising to watch. It's very Coutinho esque and not something we've seen at any level for Liverpool since the Brazilian left the club.

Of course, patience has to be exercised with Farkas. He is still a very young player and it will take time for him to develop and reach the level of the first-team.

But he's here now, and he won't be going anywhere. With time, he'll soon be playing for the first-team if he continues to progress through the ranks at the same rate as he has been so far.