RB Leipzig have reportedly made contact with Liverpool concerning a transfer for Harvey Elliott.
talkSPORT reported the Bundesliga facet’s curiosity within the attacking midfielder earlier in the summertime amid his unsure Reds future.
And The Athletic say talks between Leipzig and Liverpool about Elliott are at an early stage.
Elliott made simply two Premier League begins final season for Liverpool, who’ve valued him at round £40million.
Leipzig have now made preliminary steps to signal the 22-year-old as they give the impression of being set to lose Xavi Simons to Chelsea this summer time.
A transfer would see Elliott reunite with former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, who’s the pinnacle of worldwide soccer at Crimson Bull.
The previous Fulham man will enter the brand new season off the again of a superb summer time with the England U21s.
He scored 5 objectives en path to their Euros title triumph and was named because the Participant of the Event.
West Ham held talks for Elliott however seem to have reconsidered their stance amid his asking worth.
On Monday, talkSPORT’s chief soccer correspondent Alex Criminal mentioned that he is one title to regulate as a goal for Tottenham.
“He simply strikes me as a really Thomas Frank-type signing,” he mentioned, and Criminal is backed by former Premier League supervisor Alan Pardew.
The ex-Crystal Palace boss believes Elliott can be an excellent alternative for James Maddison following his harm in pre-season.
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Would Elliott work nicely at Spurs?
“It does for me,” Pardew mentioned when requested if Elliott can be a very good match on the north London membership.
“With Maddison… Effectively, fingers crossed it’s not a really severe harm, however clearly he is injured within the brief time period.
“I believe he can be completely very best to take that position.”
“I believe if I used to be Harvey Elliott and I used to be his agent or in his crew, I believe Spurs is a completely excellent match,” Pardew added.
“The supervisor has been sensible with younger gamers at Brentford. So he has an amazing observe document with that.”
Elliott left Fulham for Liverpool in 2019 and have become the youngest participant to start out a match of their historical past aged 16 years and 174 days.
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He then spent the 2020/21 season on mortgage at Blackburn Rovers, for whom he scored seven objectives and assisted 11 within the Championship.
Extra first-team minutes at Liverpool got here within the following campaigns and he has totalled 147 appearances in all competitions.
Elliott has 31 aim contributions for the Reds and was a part of their squad that gained the Premier League title in April.
He has additionally gained the FA Cup, two Carabao Cups, the Tremendous Cup and the Membership World Cup.