Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was delighted for Harvey Elliott taking the England U21 captaincy this past week.

Klopp knows the move by England U21 coach Lee Carsley will mean a lot to the player.

He said, "Harvey since he is here grew up, matured, became a man, [or] is on the way to become a man and is just a really good player for us. It was definitely a proud moment for him and if you would know him a little bit better then you could imagine how proud it made him and his family.

"If you are a good footballer and young and smart then you take the right role models in the right moment and use the things you see, the things you hear. That is what Harvey is definitely doing but on this way you should not forget we are all different and so you have to make your own development, [which] is very important as well. How you see life, how you understand the things happening around you.

"He is in a really good way, I have to say. Played really well for England, played well for us in a lot of moments, has still space for improvement, he knows that, and we are working on that.

"But I am really happy he came back with the smile on the face he had when he came in here. We were asking him if he was still wearing the armband – he wasn't! No, all good, and it was a really, really nice thing. When I saw it, I thought, 'OK, that means a lot to him.'"