Harvey Elliott (signed on loan)

[Dave]

The solution is clear: at what price does Emery think he's worth adding to the squad? - let's say £25m (roughly, the Guessand cost). Hmmm, that's about what Liverpool will get for him in the summer; so, recut the deal with Villa to make it an option to buy at £25m.
Simples.

I imagine Liverpool would hope to get more like what they agreed with us. And even if they don't, there's no point giving us an extra advantage for the rest of the season.

I don't think Elliott's stock will really have fallen and the teams that wanted him last summer will probably still want him next summer.

[Hopadop]

Whether it's principle or pragmatism, they're clearly happy to take a hit if necessary and hold us to the deal.

Can't say I blame them.

[Flamingo Lane]

I don't see why Elliot's value will have gone down, all that's happened is that one coach has not wanted to pay that sum for him. Doesn't mean there aren't others who would be prepared to pay that amount, for a player who you'd imagine would be fired up to prove a point.

[martin o`who??]

It’s a strange one as the general consensus here seems we’re the bad guys, but I’ve see lots of chatter online from Liverpool fans saying they are the baddies in this.

To be fair to Liverpool I don't see how. We wanted him. We fully understood the terms of the agreement under which we signed him and then we suddenly got cold feet. I honestly feel sorry for the player in all this.

[paul_e]

The thing that bothers me most about this whole conversation is how much of it ends up with people being certain that 2 multi-million companies with billionaire owners will be driven by spite.