Harvey Elliott's Aston Villa nightmare, loan clause and chance of Liverpool return

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Harvey Elliott never wanted to leave Liverpool, even on loan, and now his Aston Villa spell has gone about as badly as it could have done.Elliott had established himself as part of Liverpool's plans under Jurgen Klopp, playing more than 30 league games in each of the German's last two seasons. However, while Under-21 colleague Alex Scott has made the step up to the seniors, Elliott's Aston Villa nightmare has left him as far from a call-up as ever."Look, if I had it my way, I'd be here for the rest of my career, it's as simple as that, I love everything about the club," Elliott told The Anfield Wrap over the summer.

I want to keep being successful as a player.READ MORE: Why Anfield isn't hosting Euro 2028 games as Liverpool stadium BANNED due to UEFA rule"I think it's still something I need to review," he continued. At the moment I'm here for the season, as far as I'm aware, unless if anything changes, we have a busy pre-season, it's non-stop, I need to make sure I'm focus on that and just be ready for everything."Elliott was a substitute more than a starter in Klopp's final season, at least as far as the league was concerned, but averaged a goal or assist every 111 minutes in the league or every 155 minutes across all competitions.

That's bad news for Elliott, with Buendia and Morgan Rogers firmly ahead of him in the pecking order these days and a deeper starting role out of the question as Emery relies on longer-serving stars who need no extra time to adapt to his system.“He is training well, and he played some matches, but the performances weren’t what we needed," Emery said when asked why Elliott wasn't in his matchday squad for the recent victory over Manchester City. Right now, though, he might look at the fact that Federico Chiesa has played twice as many minutes for Liverpool than he has for Villa after both were largely sidelined at Anfield last term and wonder if he might have been better off staying put.Part of the motivation behind leaving Liverpool was a chance of sneaking into England's squad for the World Cup.