Liverpool are set for a tribunal with Fulham to determine the fee for record-breaking teenager Harvey Elliott after the two clubs failed to reach an agreement.
The Reds snapped up Elliott last summer after the winger, then 16, reached the end of his contract at Craven Cottage.
Regulations dictate Fulham must be compensated for the loss of the player, who signed his first professional contract at Anfield last week having turned 17 in April.
And with the clubs a significant distance apart in their valuation of Elliott, the matter will now go to the Professional Footballers’ Compensation Committee to be resolved in the coming months.
It has been claimed Liverpool offered £750,000 to Fulham in compensation, although the Reds have declined to comment.
Fulham are understood to value the player 10 times that amount. They made Elliott the youngest player in Premier League history when handing him a debut last season aged just 16 years and 30 days.
Elliott became the youngest player to start a game for Liverpool when he featured in the League Cup win at MK Dons in September.
He has made eight first-team appearances so far this season.
Liverpool have seen previous transfers go to a tribunal.
In 2016, the Reds were ordered to pay Burnley an initial £6.5million for signing Danny Ings the previous summer, while in 2018 they paid an undisclosed fee to Chelsea for Dominic Solanke having signed the forward a year earlier.
