Liverpool are close to signing Harvey Elliott.
Liverpool are close to signing record breaking Fulham teenager Harvey Elliott, report BBC Sport.
Elliott is the youngest player ever to play in the Premier League after making his debut in May.
But this was not Jose Mourinho throwing in a token number of young players for their debuts to prove a point.
Fulham boss Scott Parker said Elliott’s debut came on merit, that he had earned his role in the first team.
Parker told The Mail: “He has trained with us now for the last three weeks and been outstanding.
“If I feel the time is right or I need Harvey, what he can bring to the match, I have no qualms about putting him straight in.
“But it won’t be putting Harvey in because of a sentimental thing it will be putting him in because he deserves to go in and we need him to go in because he can show his quality and give us something we have not got at that moment in time.”
Fulham’s relegation has helped Liverpool tie up a move for Elliott, and there can be no issues with him wanting to join the European champions.
Elliott is young, but Parker’s comments show that there is a legitimate chance for him to make his debut for the Reds in his first season.
Liverpool gave 16-year-old defender Ki-Jana Hoever his debut this past season, showing if Jurgen Klopp thinks his players are ready, he won’t hesitate to throw them in.
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