Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is upbeat on Harvey Elliott's return from his dislocated ankle injury.
The teenager has been back at work at the club's Training Centre for the last few weeks, continuing to rehab the injury with the coaches at the Kirkby facility.
"I saw him running this morning," Klopp said. "He has a foot injury and there are rusty mornings when you get up and it does feel rusty, but he is running outside now with full body weight on it, that is a good sign.
"When he will be back I have no idea. From a mental point of view, Harvey is rather an old soul, I would say he is very mature for a young age.
"He is completely fine with the situation, he has accepted it, he deals with it.
"Everybody around tries to help him. I think I must try and cheer him up some days, but it is rarely needed because he has a brilliant family at home and is a rather positive fella.
"And yes we all hope from a physical point of view a young age helps him to recover quickly but quickly is not so important. Fully is the main thing.
"At the moment, and I hope I don't eat my words, but I cannot see a scenario where we would think about rushing him back.
"He is our long-term prospect and each day we can get him back earlier is great but we will not rush that."
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