Scott Brown exclusive: Celtic coaches can be proud of influence on Liverpool whizkid Ben Doak

Former Celtic captain Scott Brown says the club can be proud of the grounding they gave Ben Doak before his move to Liverpool.

Now 18 months into his time on Merseyside, the former Hoops winger penned a new contract with the Reds in August.

Brown admits coaching staff at Celtic had high hopes for Doak before he was tempted away - and was also keen to highlight the influence James Forrest would've had on a young Ben as he came through the Celtic system.

Brown told Tribalfootball.com on behalf of luckyblock.com: "I was speaking to Darren O'Dea and Stephen McManus and they had high hopes for him at Celtic but obviously he went down the road and went to Liverpool.

"He's been involved in a lot of squads, came off the bench, he started a couple of games as well. You kind of look to wingers, and when you look at wingers at Celtic you've got James Forrest, who's probably the one that came through and it's 13/14 years now that he's been there and everyone probably looks up to him as our winger.

"So I'm sure Ben had obviously learnt from James but also now he is down in England and he's learning his trade from different people as well."