Liverpool youngster Cameron Brannagan has all the prequisite tools for a teenage midfielder to be successful, according to Jürgen Klopp, who was reflecting on his new contract with the club.
The 19-year-old put pen-to-paper on a new long-term deal with the Reds on Monday, committing his future to them after fears he would leave with his existing contract due to run out this summer.
And Brannagan was given a ringing endorsement by his new manager, Klopp, who hinted at first-team opportunities for the midfielder in the coming months.
Captain of the Liverpool U21s, Brannagan has risen through the ranks since joining the club at U9s level and has recently trained regularly with the club's senior squad at their Melwood training base.
With Brannagan having made his debut for the first-team in a Europa League tie at Bordeaux before Klopp took over, he trusts that there is an abundance of talent inside the Salford-born attacker to believe he can be a useful asset to them.
Brannagan needs time but has all the right qualities
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Klopp said that he has sufficient evidence of Brannagan in training to believe the recent contract, which sees him stay on Merseyside until 2018, should be mood for celebration on "both sides."
He spoke highly of the midfielder, calling him a "great young guy" and praising his style. On his attributes and qualities, Klopp said that the Reds' No.32 brings "everything you need for a midfield player."
Expanding on his point, the boss said that Brannagan is a "talent" who "wants to play football" and is "strong", "clear" and "cool."
He insisted that he won't be making a "final judgement" on players so early in his tenure, particularly after seeing such players "train for the first time with a new manager" - hinting that he is eager to give opportunities to younger prospects by saying he enjoys working with them.
But Klopp alleviated any pressure on the Reds' Academy stars by saying it is vitally important that Liverpool give them "enough time for development and for improvement."
The ex-Borussia Dortmund manager revealed that he spoke to the club's Academy director Alex Inglethorpe at great depth to discuss which players are closer to the first-team than others, but did not divulge who could receive game-time in Wednesday night's Capital One Cup tie with Bournemouth as he looks to hand much-needed rests to some of his key figures.
Klopp hoping to develop youth at Anfield
Klopp, who suggested that he had been headhunted by Liverpool earlier this month due to his history of developing younger players, vowed to give his all to helping bring on the Reds' youth.
He said it is one of the reasons he is at the club, stating that "everybody" wants the squad to be built around a core of promising young talent, including himself and saying it is "very important" amongst the club's hierachy.
The German insisted that it is not his, or the club's, way of thinking - but their collective way "together" because they "all want the same thing" which is "to be successful."
He stressed that he and his backroom staff will be sure to do "everything" in their power to help the club, both the "young" and "experienced" players, which he declared is what they "do all day" and said they will sees the results "when the time comes."