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Liverpool have completed the signing of Harvey Elliott from Fulham, per BBC Sport.
The highly-coveted winger became the youngest ever player to play in the Premier League last season, as he came on for a substitute for the Cottagers against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the age of 16 years and 30 days.
The BBC reports that Elliott attracted interest from a number of elite clubs, including Real Madrid, Arsenal and Manchester City.
Liverpool, of course, have done this before; they have scooped up highly promising young talents in the hope of turning them into superstars.
But how has that worked out for them?
Football FanCast takes a look at 10 recent examples below!
Raheem Sterling
Where else can we start?
Sterling was signed from QPR in 2012.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were all guilty of passing on the opportunity to acquire the future England international, per the Daily Express, and were left to rue the mistake.
The winger went on to make 129 appearances for the Reds, scoring 23 goals, and he subsequently earned a £49m move to Manchester City.
He has scored 69 goals for the club and won the Premier League twice, while also winning 51 caps for England.
He is the role model for Elliott to follow.
Jerome Sinclair
Signed at the age of 14 from West Bromwich Albion, Sinclair showed a great deal of promise at Liverpool.
He spent four years at the club and made his debut under Brendan Rodgers against West Brom in a League Cup tie at the age of 16 years and six days, becoming the youngest ever player to play for the Reds.
He made a total of five appearances before moving to Watford in 2016.
Sinclair remains on the books at the Hornets but is currently on loan at Dutch club VVV Venlo.
Jonjo Shelvey
Less a prospect, more a star at Charlton Athletic, Liverpool paid £3m to sign the 18-year-old in 2010.
The Guardian claimed at the time that Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs were all interested in the attacking midfielder but he flattered to deceive at Anfield.
He made 69 appearances for the Reds but laid on just four assists, scoring seven goals, and was ultimately sold to Swansea City in 2013.
The Reds received a mere £5m for him – a profit of £2m – and he went on to enjoy a good spell in Wales prior to a move to Newcastle United, where he remains.
Joe Gomez
Still at Liverpool, Gomez was another player snaffled away from Charlton.
The Reds paid £3.5m for the defender and he has gone from strength to strength since his move at the age of 18.
Indeed, he has made 66 appearances for the club and has also won seven caps for England.
He is likely to be a fixture of the Reds’ defence for years to come.
Jordon Ibe
Brought in at the age of 16 after a spell with Wycombe Wanderers, Ibe spent four years at Liverpool.
He made 58 appearances for the club, with most of his appearances coming in the 2015/16 campaign.
AFC Bournemouth signed Ibe in 2016 for a fee of £15m and he remains with the Cherries, where he has made 88 appearances.
Sheyi Ojo
Liverpool snapped Ojo up in 2011 when he was just 14.
Now 22, he has made 13 appearances for the Reds, with five starts in the Premier League, but he has spent the majority of his Anfield career out on loan.
Indeed, he is currently with Rangers, having spent the 2018/19 campaign with French club Reims.
It feels like now or never for Ojo if he is to make it on Merseyside.
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Pedro Chirivella
Liverpool signed Chirivella after he spent nine years at Valencia but he has failed to make the grade at the club.
He made five appearances for the Reds in 2015/16 but, since then, it has been loan spells for the Spaniard and the club even accepted a £3.5m bid from Rosenborg for him in 2018.
He opted against the move, however, and it remains to be seen where his future lies.
Ovie Ejaria
Liverpool signed Ejaria from Arsenal in 2014 but he has yet to make any sort of impact at Anfield.
He has spent time on loan at Sunderland, Rangers and Reading and has made a total of eight senior appearances for the Reds, though that equates to just six minutes of Premier League football.
Now 21, Ejaria is said to be for sale this summer.
Bobby Duncan
Still just 18, Duncan joined Liverpool from Manchester City and hopes are high for the striker.
He has scored 23 goals in 26 outings for the Under-18 side and has been capped at Under-16 and Under-17 level by England.
His ceiling appears to be high and he is beginning to be embedded into the Under-23 side, making three appearances at the higher age group.
Yusuf Mersin
Signed from Millwall for a transfer fee at the age of 16, the goalkeeper was nowhere near the required level to make a breakthrough at Liverpool.
He joined Kasimpasa in 2014 prior to a move to Crawley Town; he is now with Dover Athletic.
A Turkey youth international as he was breaking through, this is a cautionary tale for Elliott.
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