How Harvey Elliott's 'obsession' with football shaped him for success

The form of teenager Harvey Elliott has given them something to be excited about.

The teenager has started eight of the 10 games that he has played this season.

He could get another start against Rangers on Tuesday after being described as a special player by his manager.

Scott Chickelday, his former academy coach at Queens Park Rangers, was not surprised by his place in the team alongside some of the best players in the world.

It's exciting times for fans of the club.

He has a lot of great players in front of him, and he is learning from them. If he wants to play, he needs to rise to that level.

He would like to win the Ballon d'Or one day, and he wants to be in the European Championship. He will set targets.

He won't stop until he gets some of those. I hope he succeeds He's deserving of it.

'It was an obsession'

As a kid, he was known as "Mr football", but as he got older, he developed his skills at Queens Park Rangers.

He would spend hours on the training ground honing his skills and set-pieces with his mentor.

He was small when I first met him. We had some big characters in that group. It was a while before he got into it.

Harvey gets accepted when he's a good player. There wasn't any arrogance about him.

He was a big fan of football. I didn't see him without a ball. He would put hours of work into things that weren't natural to him. It was a constant preoccupation.

He would practice his skills for hours if you taught him a skill. He wasn't going to stop until he got it.

'That talent made me pick him'

When he was 15 years old, he made his debut for Cottagers in the League Cup having been at school.

At the age of 16 years and 30 days, he became the youngest player to play in the English top flight.

His first professional contract was signed two months after he joined the club. A record for a 16-year-old was set whenLiverpool paid a compensation fee of over four million dollars.

Fans were given a glimpse of what was to come during a season-long loan spell at Blackburn in 2020.

"We integrated Harvey into a team of men and he learned to fight, even though we wouldn't say we made him," said Tony Mowbray.

In training, you couldn't get the ball off him. He had something stuck to his foot. He is able to see all the passes. The rest of the players were going crazy from the beginning.

I picked him because he was that good.

After a game at Queens Park Rangers, where the winger reacted to a telling off, he remembered a bit of a shout-up.

He fought back after he was told to leave. He had fire in his stomach. He apologized the next day and everything was put to rest.

He wanted to win all the games. He had a great experience.

The staff debated if he was good enough to join the team. I didn't know how he'd replace those players atLiverpool. He is still there.

'His shirt is framed on my son's wall'

What do you think about the next chapter forElliott atLiverpool?

He loves the game a lot. The very best players are driven by the love of football.

Harvey and Gascoigne had the same love of the ball and the game. They are able to use the ball.

rgen sees the talent and trusts him. I would be happy if I were a fan of the Reds.

The view shared by Chickelday was that of hope for the future of the game.

He said it made him proud. I like to watch the players I work with grow. He stood out.

A nine-year-old boy is watching his dad play all the time. My son's shirt was given to him by the man. I wiped the tears away a little. My son has a framed picture on his wall.

I don't know what can happen with HarveyElliott.