Liverpool coach details Mohamed Salah’s lesson for Harvey Elliott at pre-season camp

Liverpool assistant supervisor Pep Lijnders has detailed the lesson on self-discipline Mohamed Salah has taught teenager Harvey Elliot.

The Reds are at the moment in Austria as a part of their pre-season preparations as Jurgen Klopp’s aspect gear up for an additional season of Premier League soccer.

Elliott is among the gamers at the moment away with the Liverpool crew and is consistently studying from the seasoned professionals surrounding him throughout the camp.

One of many Reds’ most skilled stars, Salah, has taken the chance to show the 18-year-old a small however essential lesson – as defined by Lijnders.

“Yesterday, I additionally heard a narrative that Mo and Harvey Elliott had been sitting with one another within the eating space,” Klopp’s right-hand man instructed liverpoolfc.com

Lijnders continued: “Harvey had some bread and a few fruit on his plate and Mo requested him what number of slices of bread he’d already had that day. Harvey stated one and Mo instructed him to solely eat the fruit!

“Harvey instructed me, ‘I’m at all times studying from these guys!’ Now we have so many gamers who’re serving to the youthful gamers and the brand new ones – you are feeling all through this camp that the skills are integrating, and I like that quite a bit.”

Elliott is a participant tipped for a brilliant future at Anfield and just lately agreed a brand new, long-term deal on the membership.

{The teenager} was signed by the Reds from Fulham two years in the past and made 9 first-team appearances throughout his debut marketing campaign.

He made his debut within the Carabao Cup towards MK Dons in September 2019 aged 16 years and 174 days, changing into the youngest-ever participant to start out a aggressive first-team match for the membership.

In a bid to additional his growth, Klopp despatched Elliott on a season-long mortgage to Championship aspect Blackburn Rovers.

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He made fairly the impression at Ewood Park final marketing campaign, scoring seven targets and registering 11 assists as he featured in 41 of the membership’s 46 league matches.

Having developed as a participant throughout this productive spell, Elliott has now set his sights on working his means into Klopp’s plans.

“Final yr’s mortgage spell helped me quite a bit and I believe I must take the training from that into this yr. It’s not going to come back round and be given to me, I must work arduous for it,” he instructed liverpoolfc.com

“I’m assured in myself, I really feel I can get into the crew, whether or not it’s coming off the bench and making an impression. No matter it’s, I’m assured in myself.

“That’s the primary aim actually; simply to be in and across the crew and get minutes. Like I maintain saying, it’s all the way down to me – I would like to point out the individuals I’m prepared, I would like to point out the gaffer I’m prepared, however I’m sure I can do it.”

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