Harvey Elliott was in-demand when he switched Fulham for Liverpool last summer.
Elliott became the youngest ever Premier League player when he made his debut for the Cottagers before his boyhood club came calling.
But he was also wanted by a host of top clubs, including Real Madrid, with The Athletic reporting that he was shown around the Bernabeu a few months ago.
It was claimed that the teenager and his family were shown around by Real Madrid, who asked if he would like to meet captain Sergio Ramos.
Remarkably, Elliott declined the offer - because of the incident in the Champions League final in 2018 which saw Ramos injure Reds star Mohamed Salah early on.
“Yeah, that’s true,” Elliott told The Athletic as he confirmed what happened.
“I turned it down because of what he did to Mo.”
Elliott was in Kiev for the game which saw Salah suffer heartbreak and the Reds miss out on the top prize.
Watching on from the stands as a fan having grown up idolising the likes of Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez, it is no wonder the Reds won the race for his signature.
Elliott added: “As a little kid, I just remember the buzz of walking up the steps inside the stand at Anfield, seeing the lights and the players warming up — what a sight.
“My heroes were Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez. I loved watching them. My dad was a big fan of Fernando Torres and we had a big poster of him in the house.
“Me and my dad always tried to do as many away games as possible. We had to tell a few lies to the school and my mum along the way! ‘Make sure you get a nice hotel,’ she would say. The place where we stayed in Kiev in this rundown block of flats was horrendous.
“But that’s part of the fun of being a football fan: following your team wherever they go and the experiences you share with your friends and family. The result wasn’t great but the trip itself to Kiev was brilliant.”
