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I wanted to explore something, come out of my comfort zone, and I thought that would take me on as a player. I’m here now, and I’m trying to cement my spot in the team or within the squad.”Elliott insists he harbours “no hard feelings” towards Villa.
I saw with my own eyes how much it meant for them and I wouldn’t say it’s a lost year when you achieved something like that, because that’s selfish.“It was a situation I couldn’t control. I still feel like I can get better and I’m working as hard as I can to do that.”Elliott admits Emery discussed his reasoning several times and that enabled him to handle the frustration of being sidelined for the majority of the season.
It was like, ‘Ok, I can get over it, I know what the situation is now’.“It was just about me handling it and showing my professionalism. But it’s a situation where I know I’ve been able to get through it.“I’m really happy to be back and putting a Liverpool shirt on again.
