Hamza Choudhury’s top-flight professional career is just 31 appearances old but already, he faces the burden of being tagged a dirty, reckless player.



The 22-year-old was criticised for the challenge on France’s Jonathan Bamba in the European Under-21 Championship in the summer that earned him a red card. Already this season, Newcastle United manager Steve Bruce and now Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp have condemned him for tackles that injured Matt Ritchie and Mohamed Salah.



Klopp and Bruce were stinging in their criticism of Leicester City’s young defensive midfielder, despite both challenges being deemed a yellow card only by officials, but their public condemnation have added to the perception by some that Choudhury is out of control on a football pitch.



“I don’t want to cause the boy any problems but he has to calm down,” said Klopp. “He is a super player, super development in the last two years, but these kind of...