Liverpool told the first decision they must make in the January transfer window

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The Liverpool loanee has not featured since making a brief substitute appearance against Feyenoord in the Europa League on October 2 and manager Unai Emery has made it clear he doesn’t want to keep Elliott.Villa would have to stump up £35million to sign him if he reaches 10 Premier League appearances, but Emery opened the door for his exit last week. “He is on loan playing with us, but he is not definitely adding to us with a permanent contract,” the Villa manager said.“Hopefully we can get the best for him and the best for us.

He is training well, but we have one circumstance with him. FIFA rules prohibit players from appearing for more than two sides in one season, meaning Liverpool and Villa are his only two options.“If you're Liverpool, you're probably best off bringing him back and keeping him in the squad,” he told oddsboom.

So I think it'll be a good move from Liverpool to bring him back.“But it's bizarre how he's not got any game time over at Villa. The only thing I can put it down to because he's got the ability and his attitude's good, but he was really close to Diogo Jota and he's just feeling it really deeply.Elliott left for Villa in search of more regular game time, having only made two starts for Slot as Liverpool won the Premier League title last season.