Brilliant Ben Doak receives ultimate acclaim but Liverpool star told his talent creates one huge conundrum

Buzzing Gordon Strachan admitted Ben Doak is Scotland’s most exciting player and should be given free rein under Steve Clarke.

The Liverpool star, on loan at Middlesbrough, has dazzled in dark blue - and had the Tartan Army off their seats at Hampden when he ran riot against Croatia and their £77million Chelsea full back Josko Gvardiol. Clarke will name the 19-year-old in his squad for next month’s Nations League Group A/B play off next month.

Ex Scotland boss Strachan admitted Clarke’s main problem is working out where to play Doak but, speaking to Genting Casino, said: “You can't be asking Doak to just stand on the wing because there'll be times where we'll not have enough of the ball. You have to go and find it and do something with it. So that's the conundrum I think Steve needs to resolve. He's got this great, smashing player. How do we get him on the ball as much as we'd like? I don't want to put pressure on him.

"We don't want to put pressure on the young man because he is very young, but he’s also a very exciting player. He's the most exciting player from Scotland, he's the quickest player. Right, where do we fit him in? And that's Steve's problem. If you see him midfield, you've got a back five.

"I actually think he's a player that you go, ‘Right, just go and get on the ball and play somewhere.’ Whether it's wide, whether it's inside, whether you want to go up front, fine. You want to have a player like that.

“When he develops and we've got another year of development, then you can say, go and play anywhere. You might have one striker and have him floating about off the front somewhere else. There's three behind, wide full backs.

"It's great for Steve to have a player like that. People have been crying out for