2003 FFS!
There are certain moments in life that remind you of your age: when your favourite footballer is younger than you, when you don’t recognise a song on the radio, when you realise that children born in 2007 are now in secondary school. Scary, isn’t it?
Tuesday night’s EFL Cup matches provided another sobering moment, when 15-year-old (FIFTEEN) Harvey Elliott came off the bench for Fulham to make his debut against Millwall, at The Den of all places.
Elliott came on with ten minutes to go, helping Fulham to see out their 3-1 lead, after goals from Joe Bryan, Luca de Torre, and Cyrus Christie ensured the Cottagers had a comfortable lead.
Elliott also broke a record, as he became the youngest player ever to make an appearance for Fulham. Granted, it’s the EFL Cup, the tournament deemed least important by most managers, but for Slavisa Jokanović to show such trust in a 15-year -old suggests this player has a very high ceiling.
81' Enter Harvey Elliott, who becomes the youngest ever player to play for the first team. He's replaced @AyiteF. #MILFUL [1-3]
— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) September 25, 2018
After the game, Jokanović described Elliott as “arrogant in a good way”.
Jokanovic: “I prefer not talking about him too much, he must go back to school tomorrow morning. He’s arrogant in a positive way. The kid showed personalty. He said he wanted to show me he’s a very good player.”
