Harvey Elliott, 16, signs for Liverpool and debuts in Napoli defeat – in pictures

It was a whirlwind of a few hours in the life of teenager Harvey Elliot on Sunday.

The 16-year-old winger signed with the Liverpool Children's Club, and then made his debut alongside European champions during the friendly defeat against Napoli in Edinburgh.

"Having joined the club that I supported as a boy is a dream come true for me and for all my family and it's an amazing feeling to be able to call me officially Red!" Elliott wrote on Instagram.

Elliott, who debuted at Fulham in the 3-1 League Cup win against Millwall in September at the age of 15, will become the youngest beginner in the history of the Premier League. League when he faced the Wolves in May at the age of 16. 30 days.

Shortly after signing his contract, the British international junior was named in the team of Jurgen Klopp to face Napoli. He was defeated in the 3-0 loss to Scotland.

Lorenzo Insigne, Arkadiusz Milik and Amin Younes were targeted for the Serie A team in front of 65,442 spectators in Murrayfield.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made 10 changes in the second half, including a first for Elliott. The Spanish giants, Barcelona and Real Madrid, were part of a host of credited clubs of interest to the teenager, but the lure of joining the club that he was supporting was too good an opportunity to refuse.

"That's the reason he's here," says Klopp. "Listen, I could say so many positive things about the boy because we signed him. He came here, he decided for us, he could have gone everywhere but he wanted to be part of Liverpool.

"He already has some records because of his talent, now he's here, working with him, he needs some playing time and we'll see where he gets it, but he's obviously an excellent footballer and he's That's why we were really interested. "

"I can not wait to get started and it will be a really special feeling to wear the famous red jersey," added Elliott. "I will work as hard as I can for the club and I think Anfield is the perfect place for me to grow and progress as a player."

On the defeat in Naples, Klopp said: "We must do better. I do not want to look for an excuse – and Napoli started the pre-season at the same time as us – but their season starts three weeks after us so that they can train in a nice and smooth way, but we have to work hard for four weeks and sometimes you have heavy legs in games like this. "