Harvey Elliott (signed on loan)

[Dave]

The wages if nothing else.

And if we did want to send him back to open up another domestic loan spot in the squad then Liverpool aren't going to do that for free. Especially given how we've messed them around.

Not too far removed from Chelsea paying Man Utd to not sign Sancho, which people found terribly amusing last summer.

[paul_e]

Given the precarious financial situation, the pretty shabby way we’ve treated him will hardly endear us to other potential loan signings we’ll be looking at to strengthen the squad in January.

A rare moment we’ve planned poorly and implemented that plan badly.

I doubt many players would give the slightest fuck about it. Everyone knows that sometimes signings don't work out, they're not going to think less of clubs as a result. In much the same way they won't look at Rashford and decide to join us because he had a good loan spell.

All players will see is a club that is in the mix for the regularly champions league.

[Dave]

Given the precarious financial situation, the pretty shabby way we’ve treated him will hardly endear us to other potential loan signings we’ll be looking at to strengthen the squad in January.

A rare moment we’ve planned poorly and implemented that plan badly.

I doubt many players would give the slightest fuck about it. Everyone knows that sometimes signings don't work out, they're not going to think less of clubs as a result. In much the same way they won't look at Rashford and decide to join us because he had a good loan spell.

All players will see is a club that is in the mix for the regularly champions league.

Agree with that, players are going to look at the many successes over the occasional mistake - but I imagine next time we're negotiating a transfer and ask a club to structure a deal to help get us out of an accounting snafu, they're likely to bring this situation up.

[PaulTheVillan]

I'd really like to understand what's going on here? Maybe nothing? I was pleased when we signed him, but so far it seems to have been a waste of time.

[VILLA MOLE]

I guess it is the beauty of a loan signing .  We have looked at him , he is good but not worth spending  £35 million in that department becasue we are well stocked.  Lets allocate that money elsewhere   

[algy]

I guess it is the beauty of a loan signing .  We have looked at him , he is good but not worth spending  £35 million in that department becasue we are well stocked.  Lets allocate that money elsewhere

Yeah, this.  We've looked at him, he hasn't done enough to justify spaffing £35m on.  Maybe if Liverpool had put a more sane playing clause in he might've had more chance to play himself in to form as it were.  But the 10 game clause meant he needed to hit the ground running, and he hasn't done that.  Shit happens, I don't think it's our fault that there's a daft clause in there as I can't see us having petitioned for it.  This one is on Liverpool's mad negotiation tactics IMO.