{"id":1097432,"date":"2019-07-28T10:26:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T09:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1097432"},"modified":"2019-07-28T10:26:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T09:26:58","slug":"liverpool-transfer-fulham-harvey-elliott","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-transfer-fulham-harvey-elliott\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool confirm signing of Premier League&#8217;s youngest ever player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool have completed the transfer of the Premier League&#8217;s youngest ever player with the acquisition of Fulham midfielder Harvey Elliott.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old has left Craven Cottage having made three appearances across all competitions last season, including two in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Harvey Elliott? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Age:<\/strong> 16<\/li>\n<li><strong>Position:<\/strong> Right winger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Career path so far:<\/strong> Fulham (2018 &#8211; 2019)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key stat:<\/strong>\u00a0Elliott scored five goals and registered three assists in the\u00a0Under-18 Premier League last season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Did you know? <\/strong>In September 2018 Elliott became Fulham and the League Cup&#8217;s youngest ever player at 15 years and 174 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7317342-rodgers-has-helped-tick-the-boxes-for-maguire-s-manchester-move<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp has made the talented tyro his second summer signing after the recruitment of another teenage starlet in Sepp van den Berg from PEC Zwolle for \u00a31.4m.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have fended off interest from a number of elite European clubs, including the likes of Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig for Elliott&#8217;s signature.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham were hopeful that their efforts to provide the midfielder first-team opportunities towards the end of the campaign would have been enough to help convince him to stay in west London.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a>, Harvey Elliott ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FaQHrTf2rt\">https:\/\/t.co\/FaQHrTf2rt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC\/status\/1155387234641731584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the England Under-17 international has now rejected a scholarship at the club in favour of moving to the Champions League winners, but will be\u00a0unable to sign a professional contract until his 17th birthday next April.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B0c_e7MHAWR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> account, Elliot said:\u00a0&#8220;I am so happy to be able to announce that I have signed for Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To have joined the club that I supported as a boy is a dream come true for me and all of my family and it\u2019s an incredible feeling to now officially be able to call myself a Red.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can\u2019t wait to get started and it will be a truly special feeling to pull the famous red jersey on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ll work as hard as I possibly can for the club and I feel Anfield is the perfect place for me to develop and progress as a player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How will Zinedine Zidane setup Real Madrid? 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