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Mark Lawrenson has hailed Adam Lallana after the Liverpool midfielder signed a new contract at the club on Wednesday.

Lallana put pen to paper on a new deal on Wednesday afternoon to keep him at the club until 2020, with the option of further 12 months added in.

The new deal is just rewards for a player who has become one of Jurgen Klopp's most trusted lieutenants this term, and the former Southampton captain has weighed in with seven goals and as many assists.

Lallana has adapted superbly to a more deeper role for Klopp's side this term, and former Reds defender Lawrenson has been thoroughly impressed with what he has seen.

He told talkSPORT: “This is the first season where we have really seen the best of him.

“He has showed flashes before and little periods of five or six games but generally this season - January apart - he has been very, very good.

“You might argue he is up there in the top three English players playing in the Premier League."