Rumour Mongering: Liverpool Drop Harvey Elliott Asking Price by £10M

Harvey Elliott has had a season to overlook with Aston Villa, heading to the Middlesborough membership on mortgage however discovering himself virtually instantly benched once they determined they had been unwilling to set off a purchase order clause that was set to kick in if he made ten appearances.

Because of this, he’s spent a lot of the previous yr solely getting to observe his short-term teammates play skilled soccer whereas he sits within the stands or sometimes on the bench—although that did get him a great view of the Europa League ultimate that Villa simply received on Wednesday.

Set to return to Liverpool on the finish of the season however with only a yr on his contract and no indicators that head coach Arne Slot sees him as a long-term choice, the query now’s what comes subsequent for the 23-year-old attacking midfielder. And the reply could possibly be Leeds.

A smattering of studies from the fringes over the previous couple of days have floated Leeds as a potential vacation spot, they usually additionally counsel Liverpool have dropped their asking value from £35M—the acquisition clause value that Villa agreed to final summer season—to round £25M.

For an English participant who simply final summer season was named participant of the event on the U21 Euros it doesn’t appear unreasonable, however then Elliott has barely performed in a yr and everybody will seemingly go in believing he’s on the chopping block and that Liverpool need to promote.

Hopefully, wherever he does find yourself, Elliott will get extra of an opportunity to play than this season—or the season earlier than, when he discovered himself properly down the pecking order in Arne Slot’s first yr in cost after being one of many Jürgen Klopp period’s most promising children.