Arne Slot disregards Jurgen Klopp's biggest Liverpool regret with $47M transfer
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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has approved Harvey Elliott's departure after Aston Villa agreed to a £35 million ($47 million) transfer - just a year after Jurgen Klopp admitted he wished he had given the midfielder more opportunities.
Elliott has been subject to exit speculation throughout the summer following his struggle to secure regular first-team soccer under Slot last season.
Speaking last year, Klopp said: "If I regret one thing a little bit it's that Harvey didn't play often enough maybe.
"Because in a very important, intense period – January, a lot of injuries – he played really good.
"He was probably our best player, right wing, right midfield, all these kinds of things."
Elliott has already signalled his intention to depart Liverpool this summer, confessing that he doesn't want to "waste years of my career" on the bench.
He said: "I don't really want to be wasting years of my career because it's a short career.
I need to see if I'm content in doing what I'm doing and how can I improve as a player because that's the most important thing.
"I just want to improve and be the best possible version of myself
If that's to go somewhere else, then it's a decision that I'm going to have to make and I just need to see what happens
But most importantly, it's just about what's best for my career.
"After my injury, I think it was always going to be hard, but I'd hoped I would have got some more opportunities - but football is football."