Milos Kerkez spends summers fishing in the woods and could be Liverpool’s biggest catch with best pal already at club

MILOS KERKEZ spends his summers sportfishing successful the woods, but mightiness conscionable beryllium the Premier League's biggest drawback astatine the extremity of the season.

The eye-catching Bournemouth left-back has been a immense occurrence communicative connected the southbound seashore and has attracted involvement from Premier League leaders Liverpool.

While the Cherries are refusing to merchantability to anyone this month, determination is an anticipation that they volition slope an almighty nett connected the fiery full-back they signed for £14million.

Kerkez is simply a bundle of energy connected the transportation and astir his teammates.

The Serbian-born defender is dissimilar immoderate quality they person seen astatine Dean Court and is often making the astir sound successful the dressing room.

But that has not travel arsenic a astonishment fixed that, erstwhile erstwhile nine AZ Alkmaar qualified for the Europa Conference League helium someway recovered a megaphone and started celebrating with the fans.

From time 1 the Cherries knew they had a livewire connected their hands.

Kerkez's begetter erstwhile revealed that his lad tin beryllium a hard quality to manage, but brag Andoi Iraola has managed to harness that spirit.

The 21-year-old is simply a changeless menace with gait and energy to pain down the near - but inactive holds a passionateness for large challenges astatine the back.

It is the perfect premix for immoderate manager successful the Premier League.

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But Kerkez's sporting endowment has been wide from an aboriginal age.

Initially helium wanted to beryllium a nonrecreational swimmer earlier making the determination to spell with football astatine the property of eight, playing successful the streets with his 2 older brothers.

Brother Marko, 3 years older than Milos, plays professionally for Partizan Belgrade backmost successful Serbia.

Having decided to spell with football arsenic his pursuit, Kerkez bounced astir a fig of clubs successful his youth.

He spent clip with section broadside Vrbas successful Serbia earlier spells successful Austria and Hungary with Rapid Vienna, Hodmezovasarhelyi and Gyor.

But astatine 17 things went up a measurement erstwhile Paolo Maldini called.

The Italian great, past AC Milan's sporting director, got successful interaction to accidental however overmuch helium admired Kerkez and reportedly flew retired successful a backstage pitchy to unafraid his signature.

Kerkez joined the Milan academy for a twelvemonth and spent clip grooming with the archetypal team.

He had nary existent tendency to permission Hungary oregon Gyor astatine that time, but could not accidental nary to 1 of the top defenders of each clip rolling retired the red carpet.

While with Milan's academy helium would look Liverpool younker sides successful European games which featured Conor Bradley and Jarell Quansah.

But contempt the plush surroundings of Milan's Milanello grooming base, and everything helium learned successful 12 months there, Kerkez took the determination to determination again.

AZ Alkmaar successful the Netherlands were showing an involvement and helium knew a determination determination would mean matches - and what a determination it has proved.

After conscionable 1 play successful the Eredivisie and Europa Conference League with Alkmaar, bigger clubs came calling again.

Lazio and Benfica were some funny successful deals, with the Portuguese broadside reasoning they had an statement successful place.

But Bournemouth bushed them each to it and are present reaping the rewards.

Kerkez arrived successful the sleepy southbound seashore municipality aged conscionable 19 and was asked to measurement into a Prem consecutive distant pursuing wounded to Lloyd Kelly.

Iraola knew it was a batch for specified a young player, and things did not ever spell to program - with wingers played astatine left-back up of him astatine times during that archetypal term.

The Cherries brag worked intimately with Kerkez to amended his absorption and tactical nous and the young defender credits Iraola with the immense steps helium has taken this season.

While his vocation way has been hectic and nomadic, and looks acceptable for different large measurement successful the summer, Kerkez's down clip is often overmuch much relaxed.

He likes to permission his telephone down and caput disconnected camping and sportfishing successful Serbia with adjacent friends.

That mightiness go alternatively much hard if helium starts spending his weekends bombing up and down the flanks astatine Anfield.

He told The Guardian: "I’ll beryllium unsocial successful a house, possibly with 1 friend, chill there, chop wood, marque fire, camp, fish, that’s it, nary phone.

"People privation you to absorption connected football, but you request thing other due to the fact that erstwhile you travel backmost you’re adjacent much motivated."

His adjacent relationship with Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai could propulsion him towards the league leaders if they travel calling again.

Szoboszlai called Kerkez his champion pal successful the Prem and the brace some played for Hungary astatine Euros 2024.

The youngster is besides well-known Liverpool sporting manager Richard Hughes, who signed him for Bournemouth.

Szoboszlai commented connected Kerkez's societal media station aft helium scored the last extremity successful Bournemouth's 4-1 demolition of Newcastle past Saturday.

Szoboszlai replied to his compatriot with: "Yes my lad ❤". 

Kerkez besides precocious followed Luiz Diaz connected Instagram.