Arne Slot responds to Harvey Elliott situation at Aston Villa - 'Think I know how he feels'

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The 22-year-old has not featured in their last five Premier League matchday squads he has been available for and his last appearance completely was on October 2. That was a late cameo in Villa's Europa League 2-0 win at Slot's former club Feyenoord, before and after which the Liverpool head coach spoke with a player who chose to leave the club he loves on deadline day to find regular game time.

And, given he made an appearance as an 89th-minute substitute for Liverpool in their dramatic 3-2 victory at Newcastle United on August 25, it means he will either have to remain at Villa for the rest of the campaign or return to his parent club. And asked about Elliott at his press conference this morning to preview the Reds' Premier League trip to Leeds United on Saturday, Slot said: "I haven't had contact with him a lot - I think only once or twice and that was before and after he played Feyenoord away.

"I knew how difficult it already was for him over here, so I think I know how he feels at this moment, but yes, you have to ask those questions at Villa and not over here, over his playing time." Elliott has only played 96 minutes in the Premier League this season with his last outing in the English top flight coming on September 28 when he was brought off at half-time in Villa's 3-1 home win over Fulham Villa boss Unai Emery said before his team's 1-0 home success over Wolves on Sunday: "We now have a lot of matches. He is one of our players and hopefully he can help us.