Harvey Elliott on track for next Liverpool step with Mohamed Salah plan

Liverpool followers get extra excited with each passing week concerning the expertise of Harvey Elliott – and never with out motive.

The 17-year-old, who’s on mortgage at Blackburn for the season, will cost the Reds up to £4.3million having signed from Fulham, however is ready to make that determine look a cut price.

And that would occur as early as subsequent season, as soon as his mortgage within the Championship has come to an finish, with Elliott having confirmed he is able to take his place in Jurgen Klopp’s first-team squad.

“He has proven he can play for the Liverpool first staff and he has damaged Liverpool information, and now no participant within the Championship has extra assists than him,” mentioned Ian Doyle on the Blood Red podcast.

“[Blackburn manager] Tony Mowbray has mainly simply mentioned ‘give him the ball’ as a result of he’ll create probabilities and openings.

“Final season, Curtis Jones was the perfect participant within the UEFA Youth League and Harvey Elliott was not too far behind – and he was nonetheless 16 then!

“Fulham wished £10m plus £10m in add-ons and that underlines that they knew what sort of potential he has obtained and that he’s going to be a £20m footballer at the least.

“I absolutely anticipate that subsequent season he can be again at Liverpool and difficult for a first-team place.

“He has impressed Klopp and the remainder of the teaching employees, and extra importantly, the remainder of the gamers belief him as nicely.”

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“The concept initially was to maintain him round this season and provides him minutes,” added David Lynch.

“Liverpool thought that Xherdan Shaqiri was going to go, but it surely didn’t work out that means due to coronavirus.

“That spot within the squad was prepared for him and the mortgage has labored out completely, as a result of he has obtained extra minutes in a easier state of affairs.

“He’s a unbelievable expertise and that £4.3million can be an absolute snip.

“If he was developing by Blackburn’s academy and he was placing up the figures that he’s now on the age he’s, the figures bandied around for him this summer would be through the roof.

“There was some consternation concerning the 20 per cent on clause however I don’t assume Liverpool are ever going to see that as a result of I genuinely consider that he might play over a decade for Liverpool’s first staff.

“He’s going to have a big impact on the Liverpool first staff within the long-term – he’s good and Liverpool followers must be excited.

“He’ll initially be help to Mohamed Salah and I do know it’s a big shout at this stage, however I genuinely assume he’s that gifted that he may very well be the long-term alternative for Salah.

“From the very first second you watch him play soccer, you possibly can see there’s something particular.”

Fourteen aim contributions (4 targets and 10 assists) in 27 appearances this season would definitely seem to again that up.

Salah won’t be going wherever any time quickly, however Elliott has now confirmed past doubt he’s prepared for a back-up function on the very least upon his Anfield return.