Harvey Elliott (signed on loan)

[Demitri_C]

Whats gonna motovate him to perform? Has been treated horribly and i feel sorry for him

[cdbearsfan]

If he plays well he might get another game in about April. Goo on Harvey.

[Demitri_C]

If he plays well he might get another game in about April. Goo on Harvey.

I do wonder (and hope) that we have come to a agreement to remove the clause. It benefits liverpool as he gets used and if does well another club may make a offer in summer. Gets them more money and helps us.

Who knows if he does brilliantly  well for us emery might change his mind. Unlikely  i know but this is football stranger things have happened

[TonyD]

Why did we take him pay his wages and then not play him?

[algy]

The Elliott to Deano's Charlotte maybe back on the cards

https://x.com/SkySportsNews/status/2014374053457350779?s=20

Can someone explain this for me please

"Dean Smith sees Harvey Elliott as a right half-space receiver, connecting underlaps and pinning the last line. Charlotte should set up a 3+2 rest defence behind him. On loan at Villa from Liverpool, using a DP slot is a tidy bit of business."

Fuck knows what right half space receiver is but Designated Player (DP) in the MLS is a player whose high salary and acquisition costs are largely exempt from the league's salary cap.

Well, I’d take the “right” in “right half-space receiver” as being the same kind of phrase as right in “he’s a right idiot” or “he’s a right twat”, so it’s clearly not complimentary as “right” before anything (“you’re a right jellyfish”) is insulting.

So it’s just down to what a half-space receiver means, although we know it’s not complimentary. I reckon half-space probably means something similar to dimwit. You know, a sandwich short of a picnic. 3 cans short of a six pack. A half-space.

“Receiver” probably just means that he orders loads shit off the internet, so he’s constantly getting packages that he’s having to sign for.

It’s the only logical conclusion to that phrase.

[Toronto Villa]

The right half space receiver might be related to the African Reverser and the Chelsea Bottle Thrower.

[Ozzjim]

Liverpool could have shifted the goalposts a little to say 20 games, in the hope Elliot either plays and we'll enough to attract a different buyer, or well enough that we use him and he makes himself a nailed on buy. It makes much more sense for them to do that, than it does to leave him to not play.

[eamonn]

He’s in the squad tomorrow

Yay! Source?

[Brazilian Villain]

He’s in the squad tomorrow

Yay! Source?

Never mind that, what's his scoring record like against Newcastle?

[Mellin]

How many games does he have left? Three? Best case is Liverpool bin the clause so that he can play some football. I wonder if them trying to catch us has anything to do with that.

Edit: I should read the thread first

[eamonn]

Found it - our Percy, well our other Percy:

Aston Villa have included Liverpool-loanee Harvey Elliott in their squad for Sunday’s game at Newcastle.

Elliott has only featured five times under Emery, with his last appearance coming as a late substitute against Feyenoord in the Europa League on 2 October.

Yet injuries to Boubacar Kamara and John McGinn have resulted in the England under-21 international travelling for the game at St James’ Park.

Villa signed Elliott on loan from Liverpool on deadline day last summer with an agreement to sign him for £35m on a permanent deal if he reached 10 Premier League appearances.​

Telegraph Sport understands five of those appearances have to be in the second half of this season for the deal to be triggered.

So we could have played him as much as we'd wanted before New Year's without worrying about him playing too many games to trigger the clause?!

[Matt C]

The landscape has changed, perhaps our perspective on Elliott has too. If Liverpool won’t negotiate then maybe we’re better off playing him and if needs be, find a buyer in the summer. Wouldn’t be the first time we’ve flipped a player relatively quickly.

[kippaxvilla2]

I’ve heard that the deal has been renegotiated to include an option as opposed to an obligation.