Harvey Elliot takes on Mohamed Salah’s advice at Liverpool including eating LESS BREAD for breakfast
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‘At the time I thought, ‘what is he talking about?”: Harvey Elliot reveals Mohamed Salah’s advice was to eat LESS BREAD for breakfast, but praises the Egyptian star’s influence on his development
- Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott eager to learn from senior team members
- The 19-year-old even changed his bread intake on the advice of Mohamed Salah
- Liverpool madman Elliott has been a regular in the starting lineup so far this season
- He also took the advice of his father Scott and his notebook when he was growing up
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Harvey Elliott is adapting well to Liverpool’s starting line-up, eagerly taking the advice of the senior players next to him in the Reds’ camp.
Elliott, 19, has started every Premier League and Champions League game for Jurgen Klopp this season, to the right of the German’s three in the center of the park.
The midfielder’s involvement means he can team up with Jordan Henderson, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah – the latter of which has advised him on personal dietary choices.
During the preseason last year, the Egyptian striker told Elliott to cut his usual intake of two pieces of bread in half.
Harvey Elliott (L) changed his bread for breakfast after advice from colleague Mohamed Salah
Elliott told The Times: ‘My breakfast consists mainly of bread with beans or avocado. I did eat bread in the morning, but that was white bread. Now I have changed it to brown bread which is a lot healthier.
‘He [Salah] is not someone who says, ‘You have to do this, you have to do that.’ He’s more of a guy who helps you and gives you directions, and you go away and think about it.
“Now it’s always in my head. At that moment I thought, “What is he talking about? I’m just having breakfast!”
“But when you look back, there are so many things you can change about your diet and it’s the narrow margins that matter. That’s a textbook example of what he’s like.’
Elliott has taken advice from Salah and other members of the Reds team as part of his growth
It’s the latest in a long trend of young Elliott eager to learn as much as possible to improve his game.
“To have these players here and the opportunity to learn from them is great,” Elliott revealed.
‘They all want me to do well and give me tips, for example Mo with the bread. I took it on board.’
The midfielder has been closely watched throughout his young football career, and he recalls a time when he was interrogated by his father Scott for losing the ball while playing tricks, prompting his youth team to give in. It was all his father focused on – even though Elliott scored nine goals in the 11-1 win.
He was once criticized for losing the ball and conceding it, despite also scoring nine goals
“The whole trip home was about losing the ball, what I should have done, my reaction after it, rather than the nine goals,” Elliott said of the experience.
He added: “It’s always a whim session from him about what I could have done better.
“It’s what got me where I am now to be honest.”
The family are all avid Liverpool fans, and growing up, Elliott always pretended to be Steven Gerrard, or was eager to buy the latest Sadio Mane kit.
Now he is part of the Reds squad that new young fans look up to – and Elliott and his squad will do everything they can to turn their fortunes around after a shaky start to the season.
That starts with a league trip to Arsenal on Sunday, before heading to Scotland on Wednesday to face Rangers for the second time in eight days, after a 2-0 win in their first Champions League meeting on Tuesday.
Elliott has started every game in the Premier League and Europe this season under Jurgen Klopp