When Liverpool open their Premier League season away at newly-promoted Fulham on Saturday, three members of Jurgen Klopp’s squad could be forgiven for pondering what might have been.
In Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho, the Reds boast two graduates of the Cottagers’ youth academy who they snapped up at the end of their contracts. The former had become the Premier League’s youngest ever player before moving to Anfield after just three appearances in the capital when still only 16 back in the summer of 2019.
Meanwhile, after scoring on his full Premier League debut for Fulham before firing in 10 goals to help them secure promotion back to the top-flight as Championship winners last year, the Portugal Under-21s international is facing a swift return to his former stomping ground.
