Liverpool fans think there’s another Steven Gerrard coming through the academy after watching new footage
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Liverpool are desperate for some new blood in their midfield after seeing Newcastle run through them twice to score on the Premier League’s opening weekend.The Reds have not made a midfield signing for three years, and though young Trey Nyoni is expected to step up and provide greater support this season, fans feel they need a little more.How they would love to have Steven Gerrard marauding through the centre of the pitch. Liverpool have had some brilliant midfielders since Gerrard left in 2015, but none have come anywhere close to the Scouser’s level of influence.
Bradley Barcola to Liverpool He remains the benchmark for any midfielder hoping to make it at Liverpool, and having been looking for the ‘next Gerrard’ for more than 10 years now, fans think they may have finally found him in 15-year-old Luca Eden.Luca Eden shows uncanny Steven Gerrard resemblanceClearly, Eden is not going to be the answer for Andoni Iraola this season, and probably will not be in the picture next year either.Nevertheless, the youngster is earning himself a growing reputation on Merseyside, with fans blown away after watching him score for England U16s against Italy this week.X user Lewis Bower shared a clip of Eden scoring a goal where he runs into the area, chops onto his right foot and bends a shot into the corner after just two minutes of the game. READ MORE: Bradley Barcola on the verge of joining Liverpool as Reds new investors step in to help complete dealLiverpool fans have already been hyping Eden up as someone who plays the game just like Gerrard, and after seeing this latest piece of evidence, they are convinced that he has too many similarities to the legendary former captain for it to be coincidence.“He may never make it, but by Christ does he move like Gerrard,” said one supporter.
“That shift onto the right foot is literally Gerrard…” said another.“It’s so weird,” someone else said, with more than one person noting that Eden’s shoulder movements are identical to Gerrard’s. If you told me this was Gerrard when he was 15 I wouldn’t bat an eyelid,” was someone else’s view.Though other fans were understandably worried that the Gerrard comparison could ‘crush’ Eden if they continue, there is little question that his movements and ball-striking look exceptionally similar to arguably Liverpool’s best player of all-time.There is still a long way to go before Eden comes into first-team consideration, but he has already made himself impossible to ignore.