Jamie Carragher has compared Leeds United ace Raphinha to two current Liverpool stars amid speculation linking the Brazilian with a move to Anfield.
The Reds are reported to be weighing up a summer swoop for the 24-year-old, who has impressed since his arrival in the Premier League.
Raphinha joined Leeds from French club Rennes in October for a reported fee of around £17million.
So far, the winger has scored four goals and provided four assists in 17 league appearances for Marcelo Bielsa's side.
And he caught the eye of Carragher during Leeds' 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Elland Road on Monday evening.
The former Liverpool defender was reminded of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane - and Manchester City's Raheem Sterling - when he watched Raphinha in action.
"We’ve all been there as players and as soon as someone comes in, you think: ‘Aye, aye’," Carragher told Monday Night Football on Sky Sports.
"Some of his touches and his play when he comes inside, we’ve highlighted his movement as well.
"I was really impressed with him when I watched him at Leicester last weekend as well, not just by Raphinha, but (Patrick) Bamford as well.
"You see that shot there (before Bamford’s goal against Palace), that’s so typical of a wide man, that penetrating run that we talk about with Salah, Mane and Sterling, all the great wide players. They make that run and he does. He has great quality on the ball.
"He assisted Bamford certainly in that Leicester game when he fired that pass in and you look at his numbers there, he looks like a real player, certainly of late.
"I think we mentioned before the game that he’s been involved in seven goals in the last eight games, so he’s always a huge threat and that’s always telling when your team-mates know from one training session.
"I’ll never forget one player - as soon as Xabi Alonso came to Liverpool - it’s like you could tell in the session, the way he passed, the pace of the pass, the noise of it, as a dressing room you sort of step back and say that we’ve got one here and it sounds like that was what the Leeds dressing room did (with Raphinha).”
Fellow pundit Chris Coleman was asked if Raphinha's performances would be attracting interest from other clubs.
“On current form, of course," said the former Wales boss. "I don’t think we’re saying anything that Leeds don’t know or Marcelo Bielsa doesn’t know.
"The Leeds players will be talking about that, if you have a standout player like that who keeps producing performances at that level - and that’s probably the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen him this season and he’s been up there - it’s obvious you’re going to get attention from the big boys.
"Leeds United will know that."
