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It was Liverpool's right-back.

"Torres was just folding his arms, shaking his head at everything Conor was doing," recalls Aidy Laird, one of the first to spot a young Conor Bradley, while speaking to Sky Sports.

"I was sitting in the stand and Torres was watching as Conor used his pace to go by players, pick out passes, knew when to drop back, get forward, when to mix into the middle.



He's just a natural."

That game told you everything about Bradley, the 21-year-old preparing to take on an even greater role following Alexander-Arnold's departure, with his next opportunity arriving against Brighton on Monday Night Football.

With a new long-term Liverpool deal signed, Bradley is the man with the opportunity to make the position his own, but to those who know him, none of this is a surprise.

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I think Bradley - for what he's done so far in a Liverpool shirt - deserves to be given a go at being our right-back.Sky Sports' Jamie Carragher on Conor Bradley.

As he made his way in the professional game, Bradley would later shine on loan at Bolton Wanderers, playing 53 games, scoring seven times and sweeping up player of the year and players' player of the year awards.

He returned to Liverpool and impressed in his debut first-team season, featuring 27 times, scoring against Chelsea and winning the Carabao Cup.

His Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill fully believes he can fill Liverpool's Alexander-Arnold-shaped hole in the defence.

"Yeah, I've no concerns about Conor's mentality at all, to be honest.

He's a player that I still think people have yet to see anywhere near the best of Conor.

"But Conor leads by example in terms of how he plays.

Conor Bradley has signed a new Liverpool contract
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