SPECIAL REPORT: LIVERPOOL’S HARVEY ELLIOT IS PROOF THAT DREAMS DO COME TRUE

Back then, Harvey Elliott was a little boy with a magic little left foot. He was a Liverpool supporter and his father, Scott, wanted to see whether his eight-year-old could get a chance to test himself in their Academy, as he was sure he wouldn’t be out of place. He wrote off, hoping for positive news. But, as the family were living in Virginia Water and Harvey was attending the The Magna Carta School in Egham, geography meant the reply from Merseyside — 215 miles away — was sobering.

Disappointment for young boys can be profound but Elliott did not let it linger. If anything, his desire to play for Liverpool was strengthened and to see him scurrying around the pitch in midweek against Newcastle, with his dad roaring him on from the Main Stand, shows how dreams can come true. Continue reading   SPECIAL REPORT: LIVERPOOL’S HARVEY ELLIOT IS PROOF THAT DREAMS DO COME TRUE