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Middlesbrough skipper Boateng: Liverpool's Babel can match Henry

Middlesbrough captain George Boateng says Liverpool youngster Ryan Babel has the ability to be the Premiership's 'new Thierry Henry'.

"A player who really impresses me is Ryan Babel," Boateng told liverpoolfc.tv. "I've followed his career in Holland with interest and he has a great future. In fact, he could be the new Thierry Henry.

"He has the body, speed and pace - everything he needs to develop his game. He is also a great lad with a really good attitude and is very down to earth.

"From the first day I trained with him in the Holland camp a few years ago, I knew this boy was really something. Liverpool have a golden player on their hands.

"Rafa Benitez knows it takes time for a player to settle in a new country. Babel's best times are yet to come."

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