Hyypia praises Dalla Valle

Reds defender Sami Hyypia has heaped praise on Under-18s youngster Lauri Dalla Valle.

The 17-year-old striker is highly-rated at the Liverpool Academy and has scored several crucial goals for Hughie McAuley’s youth side since moving from Jippo Joensuu in 2007.

“One of the names for the future is Lauri Dalla Valle,” Hyypia said.

“It seems that the young man has the talent, patience and commitment to do well. With a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck, I think he could go on to do great things.

“I first noticed his name in an article in ‘Urheilulehti’, a Finnish newspaper, where reporters had made a list of the most promising players over there.

“He doesn’t have a typical Finnish name, which might be one of the reasons why the name stuck in my mind, but I won’t be forgetting it now because I had the pleasure of meeting him recently.

“I met him and his father and they both understood what a big move this is, especially at that age. It seemed clear to both of them what a big challenge it is to go from an Academy player to a first team player in such a big club.”

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