Liverpool confirm decision over Harvey Elliott future after disastrous Aston Villa loan

Harvey Elliott has endured a tough time at Aston Villa (Getty)

“That hasn’t happened a lot. That’s not for me to answer why that is. But of course, it’s never nice for a player not to make so many minutes, especially after the season he had with us, where he made – I assume – even more minutes with us than these 280.

“He went over there to get more playing time, but unfortunately that didn’t happen. And for such a talented player that did so well in the U21 Euros [last summer], you want a player like that to get more and more playing time.

“He went to a very, very good team as well, where they also have a lot of good players. I don’t know why he hasn’t made the minutes he was expecting. That’s not for me to answer.

“But it’s always a pity if a player hardly plays for two years, let alone a player of that age that has shown during the [U21] Euros that he’s such a good player.”

Elliott will return to Liverpool for pre-season at least (Getty)

Elliott joined Liverpool from Fulham in 2019 – scoring 15 goals and providing 21 assists in all competitions for the Reds since then.

He has one year left on his contract at Anfield, with Liverpool thought to be shopping him around to other clubs this summer, but Slot confirmed that he was currently part of pre-season plans

Slot added: “He’s contracted to us so he will be with us in the start of the season.”