Harvey Elliott (signed on loan)

[dcdavecollett]

But if all three parties agree, will that matter?

[sid1964]

Have any of us seen his contract clauses with Villa - i honestly thought he would do well for us, but Unai obviously doesn’t seem to be able to fit him into his system of playing

Hopefully all gets sorted in January

[PaulWinch again]

Emi B has been exceptional this year and fully deserves his place. I hope his form continues and this is reflective of his level post a horrid injury. But it could be a few good months from a player who was out the door. I really hope we’re thinking sufficiently clearly in terms of longer term on this. Elliott has shown a really high potential ceiling in his career to date (acknowledging it’s not realised) and is a lot younger. I’m not saying we should absolutely buy him, but I still look at his cost and think there’s value there. I hope were thinking clearly on it.

[TaxDodger]

He's definitely still an alive person. He makes an apperance in the Christmas advert.

[Pete3206]

There is no January break clause. The clubs would need to agree to terminate the loan, allowing Plo-p to sell the player.

[Dave]

There is no January break clause. The clubs would need to agree to terminate the loan, allowing Plo-p to sell the player.

He can't play for anyone (that he would want to move to) else apart from us and Liverpool until next season. So there would be no point anyone else buying him until next summer.

[cdward]

He's definitely still an alive person. He makes an apperance in the Christmas advert.

Does that count as one of his appearances?

[amfy]

He's definitely still an alive person. He makes an apperance in the Christmas advert.

Does that count as one of his appearances?

For a moment I thought they had him mopping the floor in it!

[Hookeysmith]

He's definitely still an alive person. He makes an apperance in the Christmas advert.

Does that count as one of his appearances?

For a moment I thought they had him mopping the floor in it!

No that was Nigel Spink

[amfy]

I realised that from the front, but the first shot was from the back and he’d just been on.

[eamonn]

At last, the reason Harv has been shunned. Clearly flouted unauthorised access rules halfway through this John Lewis ad:

[Drummond]

Well at least he got something to do.

[Dave]

Well at least he got something to do.

The wink is probably "after you're done hiding behind this laundry basket, get it back to me so they can smuggle me up to Liverpool in it".

[Drummond]

Well at least he got something to do.

The wink is probably "after you're done hiding behind this laundry basket, get it back to me so they can smuggle me up to Liverpool in it".

I'm not here really, isn't Christmas magic?!

[Drummond]

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery on Harvey Elliott's future: "We have a lot of matches, we must focus on this and not think about January. Harvey is one of our players, hopefully he can help us.

"We have a lot of players performing well, but Harvey is training well."