Unai Emery confirms Harvey Elliott next step as he rules out 'definite' Aston Villa transfer

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That seemed a formality when he joined Villa – certainly Elliott thought so based on his farewell social media post. “We are speaking with him and about his situation.

He is training well, but we have one circumstance with him. “Hopefully, we can get a solution for him to try to play consistently and try to continue in his career with us or not.” Elliott has endured a difficult loan spell at Villa (Image: 2025 Getty Images) “I have spoken with him two or three times about the situation we have with him,” he added.

He is on loan playing with us, but he is not definitely adding to us with a permanent contract.” The exact meaning of Emery’s words are unclear; whether he meant there is no chance of the player signing for Villa, or if him joining permanently is not a formality. Asked last week whether he had spoken to the midfielder during his time at Villa, Slot replied: “I haven’t had contact with him a lot, I think only once or twice, and that was before he played Feyenoord away and after.e3 “But that had more to do with him playing against a former club of mine, so no, I haven’t spoken to him.