Arne Slot does not like to rotate his Liverpool team. However, against Fulham at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, he could make a few changes.
Slot needs to give some of his players a breather. Even though the postponement of the Everton game gave the Reds a bit of a breather the next few weeks are set to be an intense period.
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It's a period where the Liverpool head coach will need all of his players fresh in order to continue the brilliant start the Reds have made to the start of the season.
Fulham pose a threat to Liverpool. They are a solid team sitting in 10th place at the moment. However, even with a rotated team Slot should have enough to beat them.
That's why he could finally give a start to a youngster who has been waiting for his chances for ages.
Why Harvey Elliott deserves a start vs Fulham
Incredibly, Elliott is still yet to make a start for Liverpool this season. He's featured in just three games due to injury but he has been back in the squad since the end of November.
Elliott has been training with the first team since the November international break and therefore he should have more than enough match fitness to start this game even if he's only featured a handful of times in competitive action during that period.
Fulham makes sense for him as a start too. Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones have both played a lot of minutes recently and Fulham is a club that Elliott knows well.
Given that it's the club where he first emerged as a Premier League player there will be extra motivation for him to catch the eye and impress against his former side.
Harvey Elliott Liverpool
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We must not forget that while during the season Elliott hasn't been able to showcase his quality, he was Slot's best performers in pre-season.
Even Alexis Mac Allister was quick to remind everyone of Elliott's quality back in his press conference in October.
“You talk about me, Ryan and Dom but we have amazing players like Curtis, Endo and Harvey,” Mac Allister said.
“All of them are very important and that’s what we want, to compete between us and get better.”
In pre-season, Elliott registered two assists against Arsenal in a 2-1 victory and played a key role in dismantling Manchester United as well.
Meanwhile, in Slot's first ever game Elliott even showed he could be an option as a false no.9 catching the eye in the role against Real Betis.
He's now clearly raring to go to get an opportunity and Fulham could be the perfect chance for the 21-year-old to make his mark.
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