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Daily Mirror
an hour ago
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- Daily Mirror
Harvey Elliott's reaction sums him up as Liverpool handed huge transfer boost
After Arne Slot's team lifted the Premier League title on the final day of the campaign, Harvey Elliott had to be consoled by his father Scott as the reality sunk in that it was probably the final time for him to take the adulation of the Kop Harvey Elliott has put himself in the shop window as England's talisman this summer - now the Liverpool winger must not allow his heart to rule his head. Elliott's performances at the European Under-21 Championship mean there will be no shortage of suitors for the 22-year-old when he returns home. Former club Fulham, Brighton, West Ham and Bundesliga club RB Leipzig all registered their interest before the tournament kicked off. There is now sure to be others after the way Elliott has taken on the mantle of being Lee Carsley's main man as England's youngsters have looked to retain a trophy that was won two years ago. Liverpool were looking at around £40million. You can be sure that price has also started to climb for a player who was signed from Fulham for just £4million six years ago. Elliott has known his time at Anfield was coming to an end for most of the season. After Arne Slot 's team lifted the Premier League title on the final day of the campaign, he had to be consoled by his father Scott as the reality sunk in that it was probably the final time for him to take the adulation of the Kop. Elliott may have been born-and-bred in the Home Counties but in his heart he was a Scouser from the moment his Liverpool-mad dad took him to Anfield for the first time as a wide-eyed three-year-old. In 2018, they travelled to Kyiv together to watch their team face Real Madrid in the Champions League Final. But Elliott started just two Premier League games last season - and both of them came AFTER the Reds had clinched the title. Slot has said all the right things about how important the Chertsey-born playmaker is to his plans at Anfield. But Liverpool have just spent £116million on Florian Wirtz, the German who plays in the central attacking position that Elliott covets most. Wirtz is a month younger than Elliott. Slot illustrated last season that he prefers both Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones to Elliott in that role. Mohamed Salah has just signed a new two-year contract on the back of another Golden Boot-winning campaign. And although the Egyptian will be going to the African Cup of Nations next season, his position on the right flank is likely to be filled by Federico Chiesa - and once Salah returns he will be back in the starting team. On the left, Slot can choose from Luis Diaz or Cody Gakpo, both signed for big money and both seasoned full international players who perform at a consistently high level. Is it any surprise that Elliott couldn't stop the tears from falling at the end of Liverpool's game against Crystal Palace a month ago even as he clutched a precious title medal? Elliott knows the writing is on the wall and that he must now make a decision that will shape the peak years of his life. After joining up with the Under-21 squad at St George's Park before the tournament, he admitted: 'I'm coming to an age now where I'm 22 and I don't really want to be wasting years of my career, because it's a short career.'
Daily Mirror
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Tottenham told to raid Liverpool after Arsenal muscle in on Eze transfer
Tottenham are looking for reinforcements ahead of Thomas Frank's first season at the helm at Anfield and former star Jamie O'Hara believes he knows who the perfect signing would be Tottenham have been told to make a move for Liverpool star Harvey Elliott following his starring England under-21 role this summer. The former Fulham starlet has turned in some brilliant displays for the Young Lions at the Euros. He has scored four goals throughout the tournament - his brace against the Netherlands sealing their spot in the final against Germany. And O'Hara believes the youngster would be an excellent alternative to Crystal Palace 's Eberechi Eze, who is being eyed by North London rivals Arsenal. Speaking on talkSPORT, the former Tottenham star said: 'I'd have him at Tottenham. 100 per cent I'd have him at Tottenham. He'd play on the right and compete with Brennan Johnson and Dejan Kulusevski. 'Kulusevski is quite a similar player, but I think Harvey Elliott has got something about him. He can play in the No10, further back in central midfield – there's a lot to like and he's only 22. He could definitely play for a team that is playing in Europe.' Elliott's future with current employers Liverpool is far from certain. He has just two years remaining on his contract at Anfield, having started just six games under Arne Slot last season. The midfielder still managed to score five and notched three assists. He admitted that he might be forced to look elsewhere for first team football. 'It's just a situation that me and the team on my behalf have to have a conversation about,' Elliott said earlier this month. 'I'm coming into an age now where I'm 22, I'm going to be 23 next season and I don't really want to be wasting years on my career because it's a short career. 'You don't know what's going to happen. Touch wood it doesn't, but injuries and things, it could shorten it. It's a situation that, as I've said before, I need to reflect. I need to see if I'm content in doing what I'm doing and how can I improve as a player because that's the most important thing. That's the main thing, really. Should Liverpool sell Harvey Elliott please? Share your thoughts in the comments below 'I just want to improve and be the best possible version of myself and the best player I can be. If that's to go somewhere else, then it's a decision that I'm going to have to make and I just need to see what happens.' He added: 'Nothing makes me want to leave. I love the club, I love the fans, the team. I support them as well. But as I said, most importantly, it's just about what's best for my career. I just need to make that decision.' Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
Metro
5 hours ago
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- Metro
England vs Germany: How to watch the U21 Euros final tonight
England have the chance to win back-to-back European Under-21 Championships tonight when they take on old rivals Germany in the final. A year after Gareth Southgate's Three Lions failed to bring football home, Lee Carsley's Young Lions have the chance to make their own history and win a fourth U21 Euros title. England nearly suffered an early exit after winning just one of their group games but have found their form in the knockouts, beating Spain and the Netherlands. Liverpool attacker Harvey Elliott has been their star man, attracting much transfer interest following a 'Messi-esque' performance in the semi-finals. The two finalists have already met at the tournament, with Germany winning 2-1 in the final game of Group B, with the Young Lions out for revenge against their old enemy. Germany may be the favourites however, having won all five of their games en-route to the final, with Stuttgart's Nick Woltemade leading the Golden Boot race with six goals. Here's everything you need to know about the U21 Euros final, including kick-off time, how to watch the match on TV and team news: The European Under-21 Championship final between England and Germany kicks-off tonight at 8pm UK time. The tournament is taking place in Slovakia, with the final being held at the National Football Stadium in Bratislava. In the UK, the final will be broadcast live on Channel 4 with their coverage beginning at 7.30pm. Alternatively, you can stream the action live on the Channel 4 website or the All4 app. Carsley has no fresh injury concerns ahead of the final and is expected to name the same 4-3-3 that beat the Netherlands 2-1 on Wednesday. Arsenal wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri started the group game against Germany but will very likely be benched again for former Gunners academy star Omari Hutchinson. Germany have been dealt a huge blow ahead of the final with centre-back Max Rosenfelder ruled out after picking up a muscle injury just 11 minutes into the semi-final victory over France. England: Beadle, Hinshelwood, Quansah, Cresswell, Livramento, Scott, Anderson, Hutchinson, McAtee, Elliott, Stansfield Germany: Atubolu, Collins, Oermann, Arrey-Mbi, Brown, Nebel, Martel, Reitz, Knauff, Woltemade, Weiper Yes, the Young Lions have won the tournament three times in 1982, 1984 and 2023, while they also reached the final in 2009, losing to Germany. England – 13/10 Germany – 7/5 Odds courtesy of Betfair The squad two years ago included the likes of Elliott, Cole Palmer, Levi Colwill, Noni Madueke, Anthony Gordon and Jarrad Branthwaite. More Trending England won every game at the tournament without conceding a goal, with Cutis Jones scoring the winner in the final against Spain, where James Trafford famously saved a penalty in the last minute of the match. Germany have also won the U21 Euros three times, most recently in 2021 with a side featuring Liverpool's new £116million signing Florian Wirtz. For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. MORE: Gareth Southgate: I'm not missing managing England MORE: England Under-21s vs Netherlands U21s TV channel, stream, time and team news MORE: Kevin De Bruyne tells Antonio Conte to sign England star in blow to Manchester United
Elle
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Abby Elliott on the ‘Vanderpump Rules' Character that Inspired Her Feud Scene in ‘The Bear'
Spoilers below. If Carmen Berzatto ultimately decides to leave the restaurant from which FX's hit dramedy The Bear draws its name, fans are certain to riot—but Natalie 'Sugar' Berzatto will have done her job well. As the older sister to Jeremy Allen White's emotionally stunted chef Carmy, Natalie has spent her entire life looking out for her mother and brothers, gamely putting up with their 'bullshit,' as actress Abby Elliott puts it. But at the beginning of the newest season of The Bear, she's a new mother and an operations manager at a struggling restaurant—and, frankly, too exhausted not to be forthright. 'I think because she's exhausted, because she's a new mom, she's able to really express a little more to Carmy what she's feeling,' Elliott says. 'So she's telling Carmy, 'If you're not in love with [the restaurant business] anymore, that's okay.' And that may not have been something that she could have said before.' The scene Elliott is referencing takes place in episode 2, and is one of several moments that underscore season 4's focus on emotional release after the pressure-cooker pace of season 3. 'Catharsis: I feel like that is exactly what this season is,' Elliott says. As an actress, she found it increasingly difficult to separate herself from what Natalie was undergoing on-camera. 'I really, really feel all of her feelings, which is a new thing for me on TV shows. I go through the emotions of Natalie now and feel like I am living in it.' But, of course, Natalie's role isn't simply as The Bear's budget-minded brain or its emotional engine. Elliott's comedic background—she was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2008 to 2012, and has starred in several sitcoms since—goes a long way toward legitimizing the FX series' status as a bona fide comedy. A standout scene arrives during a much-hyped wedding showdown in episode 7, during which actress Brie Larson makes a guest-star appearance as Natalie's frenemy, Francie Fak. Elliott's inflections around phrases like, 'Francie Fucking Fak!' and 'You were drunk as shit!' make an otherwise overwhelming shouting match a treat to watch. 'Tonally, you really have to ground it and sell it,' Elliott says. 'It really is about playing everything super-grounded and real, trying to feel those feelings, to get to a place of, 'I'm fighting with her because I'm genuinely heartbroken by what she did.' And then trusting that it will be edited and directed in a way that feels [both funny and dramatic].' Below, Elliott discusses working with White on strengthening Carmy and Natalie's bond; how Vanderpump Rules inspired her performance with Larson; and what that crucial finale scene means for Natalie's future in The Bear. When we read [the scripts], it makes so much sense to us. And with Jeremy, our relationship has naturally evolved on-camera, and I feel closer to him now off-camera. I genuinely didn't know how [the scene in episode 2] was going to come out in the moment. I didn't know how emotional it would feel, and that's how [show creator] Chris Storer approaches everything: It's all really fresh and not overly rehearsed. And every time I'm [filming a scene] on the phone, there is an actor also on the [other side of the] phone. Jeremy was really on the phone with me, and Carmy's felt so different this time than the times that he's apologized in the past. Now that Carmy and Natalie are in this emotional place together and she says this thing, it almost feels like a seed she's planting. It brings him to a different place. And then we see her come into the restaurant with the baby, and his face lights up. The way it's shot is so light; the directorial choices were so beautiful in that moment. Everything's coming to light, literally and figuratively. Absolutely. I think, now more than ever, she needs support. She's a new mom, and she still has this very complicated relationship with [her mother] Donna. Them coming together and connecting in the labor episode [last season]? That wasn't really this reconciliation. She's still like, 'Fuck this' when her mom calls her. I think she knows she needs support now. And Pete is a huge part of that. He's the antithesis of how she grew up, and you see her being grateful for him. In the wedding episode, she's reassuring him that she wasn't in love with Francie; it's always been Pete. I love those moments with him, and I love the moments in bed where Nat and him are being affectionate. I think they're so important for Nat's character, to see her not just being walked on and giving too much of herself to Carmy and the restaurant. Chris Storer and I have been having conversations about this since season 2, when the concept of Francie first gets introduced. We were like, 'Who is she?' We talked about Stassi [Schroeder] from Vanderpump Rules. And we were like, 'I think she's kind of like Stassi.' Then, I think it was between seasons 2 and 3, I was at the L.A. Natural History Museum, and I saw Stassi. I was like, 'Oh my God.' I was so embarrassed because my kid was having a tantrum and her kid was so well-behaved, and [Storer] was like, 'This is perfect. This is so Natalie and Francie.' Another thing that Chris and I talked about: I was watching a reality show with all these women at this wedding in those Hill House nap dresses. And I was like, 'It'd be so funny if [Francie and Natalie] are going at each other in these Little-Bo-Peep pastel dresses.' So we tried to do that with the wardrobe in episode 7; she's wearing a headband and I'm wearing a headband. Everything's very cute, and then we're going into this dark drunken backstory. It was my favorite thing to shoot. That episode felt so much like My Best Friend's Wedding and The Wedding Singer and all of those kind of '90s/2000s movies that you watch and you're like, 'Oh, I wish I was at that wedding.' There was a scene in My Best Friend's Wedding, which takes place in Chicago, and [Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz] are in the bathroom at Wrigley Field. Cameron's wearing a little headband and she's in pastel, and she goes off on Julia's character. I kept watching that scene before [filming episode 7] to really get me into it. So much goes down at weddings. It's such a perfect backdrop for drama and comedy. And then when Brie stepped in, it made it all the more perfect. We really hit it off. I think we're pretty similar, and she's so funny. I love her. We were simpatico from the start, which was so much fun to play. And even though we do, sort of, find out [the source of Natalie and Francie's feud], it's still a little unclear! When I was in the scene and when I performed it, I just felt heartbreak for Carmy. I felt heartbreak that he couldn't bring himself in to Mikey's funeral, that he was there and he couldn't get himself to go in. But then I think Sugar's overcome with pride for how far he's come. In that moment, she wants him to be okay. That hug is a hug of support: I got you. I'm going to lift you up and get you to where you want to be. If we were to have that opportunity, I'd love to see her continue supporting Carmy—to have this relationship with him that is now in a good place, a loving place on both sides. I think that she's so capable. She has this healthy work-life balance where... Yes, she's ambitious, but she's not going to [drive herself to the brink] over this restaurant. This was never really her dream. She's here for her brother, to support him, and then she fell in love with it and loves the Bear family. She has her home life, which is very satisfying to her, but she also knows how to operate the restaurant. She knows what she's doing. I'd like to see her continue down that path. For entertainment purposes, I would love to see her with Donna. I'd love to see Donna coming over to babysit. And then having something happen. [Laughs.] This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Metro
a day ago
- Sport
- Metro
Tottenham told to consider £40m Liverpool star as Eberechi Eze alternative
Jamie O'Hara said Tottenham should consider a move for Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott in their search for attacking midfield reinforcements. Spurs are targeting Eberechi Eze as a marquee signing for new manager Thomas Frank, but could face stiff competition for the Crystal Palace and England midfielder. Eze, who has a £68 million release clause in his deal, has also attracted interest from Manchester United and Arsenal, with Mikel Arteta's side adding the 26-year-old to their transfer shortlist in recent days. A return to Arsenal, where he spent several years in the academy set-up, may appeal to Eze and could mean Spurs have to consider alternative options. And O'Hara believes his former club should take a look at Elliott whose impressive performances for England at the U21 Euros have caught the eye of many this summer. Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro's Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we'll send you so we can get football news tailored to you. Elliott scored twice against the Netherlands to guide Lee Carsley's side to Saturday's final, but faces lingering questions over his long-term future at Liverpool due to a lack of game time. The 22-year-old played just 360 Premier League minutes last season, but O'Hara believes the midfielder could play a far more influential role in Frank's side. 'I'd have him at Tottenham,' Ohara said of Elliott, whose asking price is believed to be around £40million, on talkSPORT. '100 per cent I'd have him at Tottenham. He'd play on the right and compete with Brennan Johnson and Dejan Kulusevski. 'Kulusevski is quite a similar player, but I think Harvey Elliott has got something about him. 'He can play in the No10, further back in central midfield – there's a lot to like and he's only 22. He could definitely play for a team that is playing in Europe.' More Trending Meanwhile, former England winger Joe Cole recently suggested that Elliott will be on the radar of several top European clubs after his stellar performances in the U21 Euros. 'Anyone outside the top six he comfortably walks into and becomes one of the main players,' Cole told Channel 4. 'Once he has two years at that level, he can come back to the very top at a club like Liverpool and compete. I just think he needs to be playing more regularly. 'I still think there's more to come from him and after playing like he has this tournament, I think there will be clubs all around Europe looking for his agent's number and thinking he could be right for them.' For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. MORE: £70m England star makes transfer decision amid Chelsea and Man Utd interest MORE: Rio Ferdinand says only two clubs can win the Premier League next season MORE: Arsenal told to 'keep an eye on Liverpool star' who could be available on a free
