Liverpool took over Dominic Solanke from Chelsea last summer, but so far the young Englishman has not taken many minutes for the Reds. Jürgen Klopp is nevertheless impressed by the 20-year-old attacker, who in the 2015/16 season employed by Vitesse reached 7 goals in 26 official matches. The German is therefore pleased that Solanke made his debut against Brazil last week on behalf of England.
Dom is a fantastic guy. It was one hundred percent right. It was a situation in which a number of players were missing, but in the future, he will become a permanent international player, of which I am one hundred percent convinced,” Klopp showed his satisfaction at a press conference,” he has everything you need. Okay, at this moment it is still very early. He played a few matches for us but didn’t always get the minutes.
You saw in those fifteen minutes against Brazil that he was immediately involved in the game. He could have scored. I am happy for him. It is not a problem if he will be there again next time. Boys like him, Tammy Abraham, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, are the future of England. It is cool, Dom has qualities and that’s good. His character is also great. He remains very calm under the situation. He started once at the base, okay then we lost (against Leicester City in the League Cup, ed.), but he did it very well.
He is an important member of our selection and that is what he wanted. He wants to be closer to it. He has to do the rest himself. Sometimes you also need a bit of luck to be able to play and score “, Klopp continues:” This hasn’t happened many times yet, but he is very close to it and I am very happy that he is playing here. He does it very well and he is not disappointed if he doesn’t start with the basics. We don’t have to roll out the red carpet for him, he’s a clever boy and that makes it easy to work with him.
Do you think Dominic Solanke will grow into a fixed value at Liverpool in the future?