Fulham boss Scott Parker has hit out at the fee that Liverpool have been ordered to pay for 17-year-old winger Harvey Elliott after a decision was made at a tribunal earlier this week.
Liverpool will pay a maximum of £4.3million for the attacker, who is currently on loan at Blackburn Rovers, which represents a record fee for a player who was 16 at the time of the move.
But Parker has labelled the decision 'madness' despite Fulham admitting they were 'very pleased' in a club statement earlier this week.
The Fulham manager said: "I was disappointed in it all because this is a player that had been developed at this club for a long, long time.
"We gave him his debut. You don’t want to go and spend £20-30m on players. That’s why the Academy is so important for us.
"We want to develop these players. But we have developed that player for a big club to take him.
"Four million quid for a player we developed and thought the world of, to then leave like he did, is madness really.
"Elliott has the potential to be a top-class football player, but Liverpool have taken him off us for minimal numbers for what he’s capable of."
