Ben Doak will earn superstar status at Liverpool as Middlesbrough pal talks up Scotland prospect

They're two of Scotland’s most prodigious young talents.

Who, ironically, are being nurtured and developed by a former England star. Tommy Conway and Ben Doak are a couple of the country’s brightest hopes. And in terms of their character and personality they might just represent a new breed of Scotland player. Confident, cocky – call it what you want – but their gallus nature is getting the Tartan Army excited again. It just so happens that Conway and Doak are together at Championship side Middlesbrough under gaffer Michael Carrick.

They’re combining every week to create and score which surely must bode well for Steve Clarke. The pair are in the squad for a Nations League double-header against Croatia at Hampden on Friday followed by Poland in Warsaw three days later. Conway can’t wait, not just to try to take his terrific club form on to the international stage but also to team up with his Boro pal, who has already made an impression in Clarke’s national team.

Conway, at 22, is like Doak’s guardian at the Riverside. But he rates the winger so highly he’s tipping him to be a superstar for Liverpool – his parent club – and Scotland for years to come. In Doak’s first start in Croatia last month he gave £77million Manchester City defender Josko Gvardiol a torrid time.

Now Conway would love the chance for them to cause mayhem together in dark blue shirts. He said: “I’ve put my arm around Doakie and looked after him a bit. But he has taken to it here at Boro like a duck to water.

“I can’t say enough about him. He’s like what he is on the pitch off it as well – he’s electric. The boy’s always at it. Hopefully we can both take that on to the international stage and cause carnage there.

“When Doakie is dribbling with the