Harvey Elliott 'voices' his understanding of what's going wrong at Aston Villa

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(Credit: Imago) Thu 30 October 2025 19:43, UK Harvey Elliott’s thoughts on his current struggles at Aston Villa have emerged after failing to win Unai Emery over since his summer move from Liverpool.Liverpool officially confirmed Harvey Elliott’s move to Aston Villa on deadline day, with a season-long loan agreed between the two sides and a £35million obligation-to-buy clause inserted into the deal.He won two Premier League titles with the Reds during his six years at the club, and soon set about making an impact as Elliott scored on his Villa debut last month for the club’s first goal of the campaign in the Carabao Cup away at Brentford.The 22-year-old has found minutes hard to tough by at Aston Villa since then, however, and was not even in their matchday squad to take on Man City last time out.Elliott will have had aims of becoming a regular under Unai Emery to try and force his way into Thomas Tuchel’s England squad, yet that has not happened and his thoughts about his current situation have now been revealed.Credit: Hasan Karim – Breaking MediaElliott knows why he is not in the squad but is upset at the situationElliott has not figured in any of Villa’s last four games, being reduced to an unused substitute role before being left out of the squad altogether against City on Sunday (26 October).Emery insisted after that clash that his decision was purely tactical, saying: “His commitment is fantastic. He’s a very good player, only our demands are at a high level and some players and how they are performing last year and this year, are playing in the same position.” MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES The Daily Mail have now reported that Elliott has “voiced an understanding” of why he is currently struggling to make his mark on the squad, but is also “frustrated” after leaving Liverpool due to being unable to break into Arne Slot‘s starting eleven.They also state that Villa manager Emery “does not appear sold” on the England U21 international and so and it will take “quite a turnaround” for him to secure a permanent switch, with their obligation-to-buy only becoming active after he has played a certain amount of games.Elliott will return to Liverpool if Villa exile continuesFootball Insider revealed on Tuesday (28 October) that Elliott is set to struggle to force his way into Villa’s starting lineup anytime soon as Emery is happy with the attackers and midfielders he has at his current disposal.Premier League legend Matt Le Tissier has told Football Insider that he thinks Emery has seen issues in training with Elliott to leave him out of his side so often, and something along those lines certainly seems to be the case for his exile.The Athletic recently revealed that the number of appearances that Elliott needs to make for his permanent move to Villa to come to fruition at the end of the season is 10.He has only played five times for the Second City outfit so far across all competitions, with seemingly little chance of a return to action anytime soon.If he fails to make five more appearances then Liverpool will be forced to welcome him back into the fold next summer, and that certainly seems likely in his current predicament.