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Robinson: Elliott is currently the best teenager in world football

Liverpool currently have the best teenager on their books according to former Leeds, Tottenham and England goalkeeper Paul Robinson.

Harvey Elliott came to the club from Fulham in the summer with big wraps attached having become the youngest player to make his Premier League debut at just 16 years and 30 days.

After being linked with some big teams on the continent, Elliott signed with the Reds and now that he has turned 17 can sign his first professional contract for a maximum length of three years.

Jürgen Klopp has got a terrific record in nurturing youngsters into future stars with Trent Alexander-Arnold being a shining example of that.

"Elliott has been given some first team opportunities in the cup competitions as well as a late sub in the league against Sheffield United as has greatly impressed with assistant manager Pep Lijnders recently saying:

"What a surprise he was when he came for the first sessions.

“Some players, they play as if they are already say 28 or 29, he's a player who sees so much around him before things happen.”

 

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Robinson is another person who has been very Impressed with Elliott and is not afraid to say Liverpool have a gem on their hands.

Football 365 via Football insider reported Robinson as saying:

“If there is currently ( a better teenager ) in the game I have not seen them. 

“When he has come into the team he has done outstandingly well. 

“At 17 he looks comfortable and capable.

Robinson said it is to the great credit of Elliott that he has looked so comfortable at Liverpool.

“To come into the Liverpool squad is not easy. Look at the quality of player they have got.

“They are European champions and probably Premier League champions so the pull to come to Liverpool has never been higher. 

“They can pull in the world’s best talent if they wanted to but the fact that they have given him a new contract shows you what they think of him.

The former Blackburn gloveman believes the sky is the limit for Elliott.

“A quality player. I rate him.

 

"He is going to be around for a long, long time at the top level and at Liverpool if he wants to be.”




 

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Colonel Bumcunt
10 hours ago, Code said:

I see a lot of shite players on that list and no evidence of them being a bigger talent.

 

I ask again, how are they bigger talents, and more importantly, who the fuck are they?

If you read their wiki pages you'll see that they have either made a few first team appearances for big clubs, or have played a lot of u19 or u21 national football, or have scored goals at a professional level, or been transferred for big money. 

 

Elliott is the level below these, very likely to break into this category, but not there yet. 

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I think it's harder to break into a top side which is why so many of these "wunderkind" players we sign never seem to work out for us*, and it's even harder in England given the state of the league with it being an arms race every summer and with the physicality of the league. Some players might genuinely have the technical ability but never develop the physical attributes required whereas they could probably be very successful in a league like Italy's or for a German or Spanish side outside of the big ones. The culture in football as a whole with a lot of clubs having a revolving door of players and even managers also makes it harder. The staff and manager who signed you could all be gone by the time you've grown into your body and by then the new people have a different set of attributes they want in a player or maybe just want to bring their own guys in.

Calling him the best teenager in the world is a stretch but I do think he's a very good talent from the little I've seen of him. I also imagine that Robinson wasn't really thinking of Haaland or Camavinga as teenagers since they're already somewhat established first teamers despite their age. Probably should've phrased it differently.

* - I know you can argue that on the pitch we've only relatively recently become a top side again, but the expectation has always been there which leads to a lack of time for these younger players to develop and new talent for them to compete with constantly coming in.

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