Harvey Elliott is being considered for a first England Under 21 call as Liverpool prepare to give one of the Premier League’s future stars his big chance.
The 18-year-old already holds the distinction of being the youngest player to appear in the top flight – he was 16 and 30 days when coming on as substitute for Fulham against Wolves in May 2019 – and Liverpool are ready to reward his progress with a bigger role this season.
Elliott, who signed a new long-term deal at the beginning of July, sparkled last year on loan at Blackburn but Liverpool have no intentions of letting him leave this time and he is pushing to be included in the starting line-up for Saturday’s opening fixture at Norwich.