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That the Liverpool No.84’s qualities were weighed up live on Sky TV after the win over Leicester City is down to the expectation that in just a few weeks he could be the club’s only natural right-back.

The question now is whether Bradley is ready to occupy a place in Arne Slot’s first-choice XI from next season, or if he should once again play back-up to a more established player.

In a sense, Slot addressed that conundrum on Friday when the Liverpool boss said the youngster from Castlederg has the “quality” to play every week for Liverpool.

It’s an opinion that is shared by many, although two major questions hang over Bradley as he enters a potentially transformative summer.

The first and second [starts since recovering] were around the same amount of minutes.

“It’s normal if you have played twice around 70 minutes, then the chance of you being able to play 90 is getting closer and closer.

Yeah, he’s good, but is he a top-tier defender ready to play every week for one of the world’s best teams?

“It is going to be very important for him to become an even better player than he is now to play many games in a row,” Slot admitted.

I think that is the next step for him in his development, is to play every single week and feel that pressure.

“At a certain moment, that probably doesn’t feel like pressure anymore

Unwittingly, Slot is saying Bradley can’t expect to play ahead of a “world-class” full-back, hinting he doesn’t think the academy graduate is yet in that bracket