Liverpool could be made to pay Fulham around £7m in compensation following the summer signing of teenage starlet Harvey Elliott, who made his competitive senior debut for the Reds as a starter in the Carabao Cup win over MK Dons on Wednesday night.
Born in 2003, Elliott joined Liverpool from Fulham and won’t sign his first professional contract until he turns 17. No transfer fee changed hands given the circumstances of the deal that saw the young winger reject the opportunity to stay at Craven Cottage as a scholar.
Fulham are at least protected by the system in that they are recognised as the club that trained and developed Elliott and will be owed a compensatory amount once a figure is decided.