The essential classes Mohamed Salah is educating Harvey Elliott throughout Liverpool pre-season after excelling on mortgage at Blackburn Rovers

Harvey Elliott is getting an perception into the best way to make it within the Premier League due to none apart from Mohamed Salah.

The previous Fulham baby prodigy is working alongside the Liverpool senior squad on their pre-season tour of Austria earlier than the opening sport of the season away to Norwich City.

Elliott, 18, is hoping to catch Jurgen Klopp’s eye after a powerful season on mortgage at Blackburn Rovers and is studying from one of the vital senior gamers within the squad.

Salah is getting ready for his fifth season at Anfield having made the transfer from Roma in 2017 and is continuous to show his doubters mistaken – regardless of scoring 125 objectives in 203 video games for the Reds.

And Pep Ljinders (Klopp’s right-hand man) has revealed simply how the devoted Egypt worldwide helps {the teenager} attain the identical dizzying heights he has.

“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 advised 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 advised him to solely eat the fruit!

“Harvey advised me, ‘I’m at all times studying from these guys!’ We’ve got so many gamers who’re serving to the youthful gamers and the brand new ones – you’re feeling throughout this camp that the skills are integrating and I like that lots.”

Since transferring from west London to Merseyside two years in the past, Elliott grew to become the youngest-ever participant to start out a aggressive first-team match for the Reds, earlier than heading to Edwood Park on mortgage.

After grabbing seven objectives and 11 assists throughout 41 appearances for Rovers, the teenage ahead is able to make his mark on the first-team.

“Final yr’s mortgage spell helped me lots and I believe I must take the educational from that into this yr. It’s not going to return round and be given to me, I must work laborious for it,” he advised liverpoolfc.com

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

“That’s the primary purpose actually; simply to be in and across the workforce and get minutes. Like I preserve saying, it’s right down to me – I would like to indicate the folks I’m prepared, I would like to indicate the gaffer I’m prepared, however I’m sure I can do it.”