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.

[eamonn]

Not on the bench today. His work is done, no agreement reached, we have cover now so I don't expect to see him again, may as well fuck him home to Merseyside.

[Ian.]

It’s a mess, I’d rather have him available than not, but then I don’t know the money situation and if we spend money on him I guess it messes up the next transfer window?

It’s a nightmare, we lose three players and have to wheel and deal, where as Man City buy the best winger and defender and Arsenal have over 100m on the bench.

Man Utd are looking good, which let’s face it, that team has cost an absolute fortune.

[Dave]

...and Arsenal have over 100m on the bench.

We had about £120m on our bench.

[Ian.]

...and Arsenal have over 100m on the bench.

We had about £120m on our bench.

I meant the players that didn’t even get onto the pitch. Their bench was phenomenal against us at their place.

All I’m saying, the three injuries we’ve been dealt with have hit us both physically and mentally. We really need a lift.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

It's a shame about the clause and our position because I'd rather see what he could do than seeing Bailey coming on. I know what he's like 2/3rds of the time...

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

I haven’t really clocked that. Aren’t they all just trying to act in their clubs’ best interest?