Harvey Elliott future addressed as Unai Emery sends clear contract message to Liverpool

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The midfielder hasn't been included in any of Villa's last seven Premier League matchday squads, although he had been selected for their previous five European fixtures this term."We are speaking with him and about his situation. He is training well, but we have one circumstance with him.READ MORE: Two Liverpool stars instructed to pull Mohamed Salah aside as deadline setREAD MORE: Two jobs Jurgen Klopp 'would leave Red Bull for' as ex-Liverpool boss addresses reports"Hopefully we can get a solution for him to try to play consistently and try to continue in his career with us or not.

I have spoken with him two or three times about the situation we have with him," Emery added."Firstly, my decision and also the situation. Jakob-Park - the venue where he defeated Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool in 2016 to claim his third Europa League trophy - though he insists he wants to "build a new moment" with Villa.Having claimed the Europa League trophy on four occasions, three of those triumphs coming during his time at Sevilla, Emery's Villa side have been made early favourites to lift the silverware this season.They'll be aiming for a fifth victory in six league phase fixtures this midweek, which could see them end the evening in the top two positions."This competition is so, so special for me, Europe is so special ...

Trophies, of course, and a lot of experiences," Emery said."Every year playing in Europe for me brings the possibility of fantastic memories, and I have enjoyed each year, each competition: Conference League, Champions League, and Europa League."It was fantastic for me, and I learnt a lot through Europe and through facing different teams. Of course, here we won the third Europa League with Sevilla, we won here against Liverpool, it was a fantastic day and memory for me."To remember it is very good, but, but, in football I want to build a new moment, a new era, a new way, and with Aston Villa I am so, so excited to be playing in Europe ... two years ago in the Conference League, last season in the Champions League, and this year in the Europa League."Of course, it is very important for Aston Villa's trajectory, our players' trajectory, and my own trajectory.