At 18, Danny Wilson is definitely a signing for the future. However, the Scottish League Last Season Youth Player of the Year has shown maturiy beyond his age in his debut season with Rangers, surprisingly starting more games than anyone expected and eventually displayed his great potential even in the Champion League stage.
Wilson is a left footed central back who had good passing ability. Wilson is eager to get into the 1st team for Liverpool in the coming season, as he even told Roy Hodgson to start him as left back. Wilson costs an inital fees of 2.5M, but the fee could rise depends on his performance. Wilson's signing could also help the team to meet the home grown based player quota.
In my opinion, Wilson's signing is a positive sign for Liverpool. In the past few seasons, Benitez has spend too much money on young foreign defenders mostly from South America and Spain. While South American and Spainsh defenders generally has better ball control, they tend to struggle with English physical long-ball game with their lack of physical built and height. Getting a Scottish player developing under British physical football background should be more suitable and efficient for Liverpool in the domestic league.
He may not be the new Alan Hansen as some may fancy, Wilson could be the future star for LFC's new defensive force that also includes Skrtel,Agger and Martin Kelly. Generally speaking, I would be satisfied if Wilson can be our answer for Johnny Evans of Man.Utd. However, for now, Wilson may not get as many as he wishes as the team already has 4 veteran CB ahead of his in rotation.
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