{"id":426683,"date":"2011-05-19T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/19\/liverpool-sign-irish-teenager-hailed-as-new-gareth-bale-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-19T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:25:00","slug":"liverpool-sign-irish-teenager-hailed-as-new-gareth-bale-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/19\/liverpool-sign-irish-teenager-hailed-as-new-gareth-bale-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool sign Irish teenager hailed as &#8216;new Gareth Bale&#8217; &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>19 May 2011 10:25:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.3496316142\">\n<div readability=\"15.7974683544\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sporting Director Damien Comolli (Getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/115600\/115695_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sporting Director Damien Comolli (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"34.9833887043\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\" \/><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> have beaten <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/110\/everton\">Everton<\/a> and both Manchester clubs to the signing of Irish youngster Alex O&#8217;Hanlon, according to <em>The Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old, who has been dubbed &#8216;the new Gareth Bale&#8217;, hails from St Kevins Boys Club in Dublin, a conveyor belt for talent such as Liam Brady, Damien Duff, Stephen Carr and Ian Harte.<\/p>\n<p>St Kevins secretary Brendan Bermingham said: \u201cHe is very highly thought of. He\u2019s an excellent full-back and hopefully he might turn out like Gareth Bale in time. He\u2019s got a really good attitude, quiet and unassuming. He\u2019s just football, football, football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool&#8217;s ability to blood the likes of John Flanagan, Jack Robinson and Jay Spearing into the starting line-up is believed to have been a key factor in O&#8217;Hanlon opting to move to the Reds, who are looking to bolster their academy under the watchful eyes of Damian Comolli and new owners Fenway Sports Group.<\/p>\n<p>Since his arrival in January, Kenny Dalglish has made a point of integrating young talent into the Liverpool fold, with the likes of Martin Kelly, Jonjo Shelvey, Danny Wilson also making first-team appearances.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/19\/2493571\/liverpool-sign-irish-teenager-hailed-as-new-gareth-bale\" title=\"Liverpool sign Irish teenager hailed as 'new Gareth Bale' - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool sign Irish teenager hailed as &#8216;new Gareth Bale&#8217; &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 19 May 2011 10:25:00 Sporting Director Damien Comolli (Getty Images) Related Links Teams For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Liverpool have beaten Arsenal , Chelsea , Everton and both Manchester clubs to the signing of Irish youngster Alex O&#8217;Hanlon, according to The Times . The 15-year-old, who has been dubbed &#8216;the new Gareth Bale&#8217;, hails from St Kevins Boys Club in Dublin, a conveyor belt for talent such as Liam Brady, Damien Duff, Stephen Carr and Ian Harte. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-426683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool sign Irish teenager hailed as &#039;new Gareth Bale&#039; - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/19\/liverpool-sign-irish-teenager-hailed-as-new-gareth-bale-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool sign Irish teenager hailed as &#039;new Gareth Bale&#039; - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"19 May 2011 10:25:00 Sporting Director Damien Comolli (Getty Images) Related Links Teams For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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