‘Wow, some player’: Opposition manager blown away by Liverpool starlet

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Conor Bradley is shining on loan at Bolton Wanderers with manager Ian Evatt praising Liverpool’s Premier League starlet for his attitude and ability, speaking to the Bolton News. 

Whether Bradley has a future at Anfield, however, remains to be seen.

Trent Alexander-Arnold will, of course, take some upseating. And with Liverpool spending £6.5 million on former Aberdeen whizzkid Calvin Ramsay over the summer, there’s not exactly an obvious place for Bradley in Jurgen Klopp’s squad. 

Then again, the 19-year-old Northern Ireland international won’t be short of offers if he decides to leave Liverpool in the off-season. Bradley has been a revelation on loan at Bolton; providing four goals and four assists from his right-sided role, including a well-taken finish against Fleetwood Town earlier this month. 

Liverpool duo Conor Bradley and Owen Beck shining at Bolton Wanderers

“(Fleetwood manager) Scott Brown said to me after the game; ‘wow, Conor Bradley is some player’. And I said; ‘absolutely he is’,” Evatt recalls.

“But do you know the best thing about him? It’s his mindset and attitude. His attitude is first class.”

Fellow Liverpool whizzkid Owen Beck followed Bradley to Bolton last summer. And while the 20-year-old Welshman hasn’t made quite so many headlines, Beck has certainly left an impression on Evatt too. 

“Owen is just the same. Owen has come to a club after having a difficult time in Portugal (on loan at Famalicao). He’s had to suffer and he’s had to wait,” says the former Blackpool captain. 

“But his attitude, his mindset, his mentality has been first class. He wants to come in, he wants to learn, he wants to understand what he needs to do better. A pleasure to work with.

“I can’t speak highly enough of what Liverpool are doing with them to give them that attitude and mindset. And to make sure that they come out and represent the club like they are doing.  

“Those two will have really bright and good careers in the game, purely based on attitude before we even speak about their ability. Their attitude will get them a serious career in the game.”